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500 Riksdaler Banco / 750 Riksdaler Riksgäld

Issuer Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank
Year 1836-1854
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Central intaglio vignette of Mother Svea seated with a lion, shield, and spear beneath a radiant crown; denomination "500." in letterpress panels at upper left and right. Ornate calligraphic text fills the face, with guilloche rosettes flanking the central "Fem Hundra" panel and a decorative lace-pattern underprint in pale blue throughout.
Obverse lettering 500. 500.
Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank
inlöser vid anfordran denna Sedel å
RDR 750 RDG Riksdr fem hundra Banco RDR 750 RDG
med 187½ Riksdaler Silfver Specie, enligt
1830 Års Mynt-fot.
Stockholm den 28de Januari 1854
RDR 500 BCO
Den som denna Sedel efterapar eller förfalskar skall warda hängd. Men den som upptäcker Efteraparen, Förfalskaren eller Utprånglaren undfår belöning enligt Kongl. Kungörelsen af den 7 Julii 1818.
(Translation: Sweden's Estates of the Realm Bank will pay, on demand, for this note 500 Riksdaler Banco with 187½ Riksdaler in silver specie according to the Year 1830 coinage standard.
Those who mimic or forge this note shall be hanged. However, those who discover mimics, forgers or distributors will receive reward according to the royal proclamation of the 7th of July 1818.)
Reverse description Blank reverse; the intaglio impression of the obverse is visible in mirror image through the paper, a characteristic of the single-sided letterpress and intaglio printing technique used for this issue.
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