6 Daler KM Transport Banknote; Type 2

Riksens Ständers Banco — the world's oldest central bank in continuous operation at that time — had been issuing transport notes since the 1660s, and by the mid-eighteenth century the format was well-established but still entirely handwritten in its critical fields: denomination, date, serial elements, and authorizing signatures were all completed manually at issuance. The KM designation refers to Koppar-Mark, the copper-money standard, and reflects Sweden's lingering dependence on the deeply impractical copper plate money that these notes were specifically designed to replace in circulation.

Type 2 of the series introduced minor changes to the printed text layout and signature arrangement relative to Type 1. Because each note required multiple hand-signatures from bank officials, forgery was considered less likely than with later printed notes — a reasonable assumption that proved wrong when a major counterfeiting scandal shook the bank in the 1750s.