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1.500 Riksdaler Specie (various handwritten values)
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Banco |
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| Year | 1777-1836 |
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| Reference(s) | P#90 |
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| Obverse lettering | hafwer inlefwererat i Riksens Ständers Banco Thet warder härmed til bewis attesterat; dock utan tilstånd at transportera eller förhandla thenne Sedel til någon annan. Stockholm den Anno 1783 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is blank save for the show-through of the obverse manuscript and printed text visible in mirror image through the thin hand-laid paper, with faint fold lines from circulation and scattered foxing consistent with age. No printed design or lettering is present on this side. |
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Riksens Ständers Banco — predecessor to the modern Sveriges Riksbank — issued these notes with denominations completed by hand rather than fixed in print, a practice that reflected both the bank's conservative administrative culture and the sheer range of transactions these instruments were expected to cover. The same engraved plate served across decades, with the stated value filled in by a bank clerk at the moment of issue. That sixty-year production window means examples can differ substantially in paper quality, ink character, and handwriting style while sharing identical printed typography.
Forgery was a persistent problem with Swedish paper currency throughout this period, and by the 1820s the bank had introduced additional authenticating signatures as a partial countermeasure. The hand-completed value field was itself a vulnerability — easy to alter after issue.