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| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1965-1990 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of King Gustav III (1746–1792) in right-facing profile occupies the right portion of the note against a fine guilloche underprint in blue and green. The centre carries a large multicolour rosette vignette with the numeral 50 at its heart, flanked by symmetrical laurel branch motifs. The denomination in letterpress reads FEMTIO KRONOR along the lower banner, with two facsimile signatures and the numeral 50 repeated in the lower corners. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on an intaglio vignette of Carl von Linné (Carolus Linnaeus, 1707–1778), the Swedish botanist and father of modern taxonomy, shown in three-quarter portrait and holding a Twinflower (Linnaea borealis). A stylised sun motif and decorative floral guilloche elements frame the composition, with the denomination numeral 50 repeated at lower left and right within rosette underprints. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 CARL VON LINNÉ |
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