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8 Schillingar Specie / Skillingiä
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco |
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| Year | 1802-1834 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| 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 | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain paper surface consistent with early nineteenth-century Swedish banco note production. Light show-through of the obverse letterpress text is visible in mirror image through the thin paper stock, accompanied by fold lines and light aging commensurate with circulation. |
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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.