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1 Riksdaler Riksmynt Red Cross Lottery ticket
| Issuer | Svenska Röda Korset (Swedish Red Cross) |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Size | 137 x 73 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Sweriges Riksbank inlöser, vid anfordran, denna sedel å Riksdaler EN Riksmynt med ¼ Riksdaler i Silfwer, eller 2 Ort Tolf-lödigt myntadt silfwer. Den, som med denna sedel efterapar eller förfalskar, straffes efter lag; men den som upptäcker efteraparen, förfalskaren eller utprånglaren, undfår belöning enligt, kungl. Klargörelsen af 8 juli 1818 1873 (Translation: Swedish Banknote, National Bank of Sweden, Redeemable on demand this bill of One riksdaler riksmynt With one half riksdaler in silver or 2 silver pieces of minted silver Whoever mimics or counterfeits this note will be punished by law, but the one who discovers the Imitator, the Counterfeiter or the Prodigalpure, receives reward according to the Announcement on 8th July 1818) |
| Reverse description | Plain grey paper stock printed in black letterpress with a centred heading in spaced capitals and a justified body text block describing the charitable mission of the Swedish Red Cross. A closing statement in italics at the foot affirms that collected funds are passed in full to their designated purpose. |
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Not a banknote and never legal tender — this is a lottery ticket issued by the Swedish Red Cross in 1953 to raise charitable funds, a form of organized fundraising the organization had used since the early twentieth century. The riksdaler riksmynt denomination is purely nominal, a decorative nod to Sweden's pre-1873 currency unit that had been obsolete for eighty years by the time this ticket was printed. The anachronism was deliberate, lending the ticket a currency-like appearance to encourage collectors to retain rather than redeem.