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1 Riksdaler Specie (various handwritten values)
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Riksgälds-Contoir |
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| Year | 1789-1792 |
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| Currency | Riksdaler (1534-1873) |
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| Protection type | Embossed seal |
| Protection description | Blind embossed official seal applied to the paper as an authentication device, visible on the reverse. |
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| Comments |
The Riksgäldskontoret — the Swedish National Debt Office — was established in 1789 specifically to finance Gustav III's war against Russia, and these notes were its first paper instruments. Critically, the issuing authority was the Riksdag, not the crown, a deliberate constitutional arrangement designed to keep the king's hands off the printing.
The handwritten values are not a sign of primitive production — they reflect a controlled issuance system where clerks filled denominations at point of distribution, allowing flexible deployment against a moving military budget. The embossed seal was the primary authentication device in the absence of sophisticated intaglio work.
Gustav III was assassinated in 1792, the same year this series closed.