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500 Riksdaler Riksmynt
| Issuer | Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank |
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| Year | 1859 |
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| Value | 500 Riksdaler Riksmynt |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on a pale green guilloche underprint, with the royal Swedish coat of arms — two crowned lions flanking a crowned shield — centered at the top. The denomination 'FEM HUNDRA' appears in bold letterpress within a dark oval cartouche at center, flanked by the words 'Riksdaler' and 'Riksmynt', while the issuer inscription 'Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank' is split across the upper field. Serial number positions 'N°000000,K' are printed in the upper left and right corners, and the date 'Stockholm den 3 Januari 1859' is inscribed in script below the central text block, which also states the note's redemption terms in silver. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank RIKSDALER 500 RIKSMYNT inlöser, vid anfordran, denna sedel å Riksdaler FEM HUNDRA Riksmynt med 125 Riksdaler i Silfver, eller 1000 Ort Tolf-lödigt myntatdt silfver. Stockholm den 3 Januari 1859 500 |
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Sveriges Rikes Ständers Bank — the Estates of the Realm Bank, forerunner to the Riksbank — issued this 500 Riksdaler Riksmynt note during the transitional decade when Sweden was standardizing its currency ahead of the eventual adoption of the Riksdaler Riksmynt as the sole unit of account. The 1855 monetary reform had separated the Riksmynt from the older Banco system, and high-denomination notes like this one functioned almost exclusively in commercial and institutional transactions, rarely touching ordinary trade.
Back-printing registration as a security measure was rudimentary by later standards, but adequate for a denomination that circulated only among merchants and banks who scrutinized their paper carefully. Surviving examples are scarce simply because so few were ever printed.