Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
8 Schillingar Specie / Skillingiä
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco |
|---|---|
| Year | 1802-1834 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | A plain typeset letterpress note on aged paper stock, with the denomination abbreviated at the head of the note as 'Sch. 8 Sp.' The body text, set in blackletter typeface, records the Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco's obligation to pay the bearer on demand, with the date and place of issue — Stockholm, 13 September 1804 — entered in manuscript. The denomination is restated in both Swedish ('Åtta Schillingar Specie') and Finnish ('Kahdeksan Skillingiä') in the lower text block, followed by a printed anti-counterfeiting warning clause and two manuscript authorising signatures. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Sch. 8 Sp. Åtta Schillingar Specie, som uti Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco blifwit insatte, har Sedelhafwaren at af Banquen emot denna Sedel afhämma. Stockholm den 13 Sept 1804. Åtta Schillingar Specie. Kahdeksan Skillingiä. Den som denna Sedel förfalskar eller återgifr, blifwer hängd: efteraparen utsättes belönad, enligt Kongl. Kungörelsen af d. 20 Decemb. 1759. |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco — the Estates of the Realm Exchange Bank — was Sweden's dominant issuing institution before the Riksbank consolidated control in the mid-nineteenth century. The 8 Schillingar denomination in this series was a low-value instrument aimed squarely at everyday commerce, and the bilingual designation pairing Swedish "Schillingar Specie" with Finnish "Skillingiä" reflects the administrative reality of a Swedish realm that still included Finland until the 1809 war with Russia stripped it away permanently.
Notes from this series printed after 1809 carry a denomination name that had already become politically anachronistic — Finnish was no longer an official language of Swedish territory.