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6 (sex) Daler Kopparmynt
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco |
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| Year | 1748-1761 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed transport note on hand-laid paper in black ink, with a curved ornamental banner at the head bearing the title "Banco-Transport-Sedel No" followed by a manuscript serial number. The body comprises a block of printed and handwritten Swedish text in calligraphic script, authorizing the bearer to collect six Daler Kopparmynt from the bank, with the place and year "Stockholm then Anno 175_" completed in manuscript. Two manuscript signatures appear in the lower right area of the note, consistent with the attestation practice of eighteenth-century Swedish banco transport notes. |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco-Transport-Sedel No Ti Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco hafwer Sedelhafwaren insatt på Transport-Räkningen SEX Daler Kopparmynt. Och skal thenne Sedel på 6 Daler K:mt gälla uti hwars hand then finnas må, samt af Banquen, wid: missandet, betalos. Stockholm then Anno 175 Säg SEX Daler K:mt. CUU 15 Daler Kupar rah: |
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Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco — the Estates of the Realm Exchange Bank — was the world's first central bank, founded in Stockholm in 1668 after the catastrophic collapse of Johan Palmstruch's Stockholms Banco, whose own notes had become the first banknotes issued in Europe. This 6 Daler Kopparmynt note belongs to the bank's mid-18th century series, denominated in copper money at a time when Sweden's monetary system was notoriously cumbersome: copper plate money (plåtmynt) could weigh several kilograms for larger values.
The kopparmynt denominations were effectively a paper substitute for that unwieldy coinage. Each note was hand-signed and numbered at the time of issue — authentication by hand rather than mechanical security feature.