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950 Daler Kopparmynt (various handwritten values)
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco |
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| Year | 1759-1776 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Entirely manuscript note on laid paper, with the denomination '950 kmt' rendered in large calligraphic script both at the top and bottom of the note. The body of text, written in Swedish in period cursive hand, records the depositor's name, the Transport-Räkning (transfer receipt) reference, and the obligation to pay the bearer the stated sum, with the place and date 'Stock:ho: 20 Nov: 1775' inscribed toward the lower portion. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower right, validating the instrument. |
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| Reverse description | Plain laid paper reverse bearing embossed dry-stamp impressions of the bank's official seal, visible as blind relief vignettes in the upper portion of the note. No printed or manuscript text is present; the surface shows the natural texture of the hand-laid paper and faint show-through of the obverse ink. |
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Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco — the precursor to the Riksbank — issued these notes during one of the more chaotic episodes in Swedish monetary history. The Seven Years' War had driven Sweden to massively expand paper money supply, and by the early 1760s the resulting inflation had become severe enough to trigger a full political crisis. The so-called "cap and hat" factional struggle in the Riksdag was, in substantial part, a fight over whether to deflate the currency or continue printing. The deflationary faction ultimately won, and a brutal contraction followed.
The denomination here is nominal — "950 Daler Kopparmynt" is the printed base, with actual values completed by hand at time of issue. That flexibility was deliberate, not a makeshift solution.