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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 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: |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents the plain hand-laid paper stock with letterpress show-through from the obverse visible in mirror image. A manuscript endorsement inscription in the lower left corner records a transfer notation, consistent with the negotiable transport (överlåtelseanteckning) function of this class of early Swedish banco note. |
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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.