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10 Kronor
| Issuer | Sundsvalls Enskilda Bank |
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| Year | 1900-1902 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central intaglio vignette of a young woman in classical dress wearing a diadem and braided hair, set within an oval frame at the centre of the note. The bank name SUNDSVALLS ENSKILDA BANK is inscribed in bold letterpress across the upper portion, flanked by ornate guilloche borders with numeral 10 underprints in each corner. A text band reads 'inlöser vid anfordran denna sedel med TIO KRONOR I GULDMYNT', indicating gold redemption at par, with series letter and serial number printed in the upper field. |
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| Obverse lettering | TIO KRONOR SUNDSVALLS ENSKILDA BANK Litt. O No 100000 inlöser vid anfordran denna sedel med TIO KRONOR I GULDMYNT TIO KRONOR |
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Sundsvalls Enskilda Bank was one of the Swedish provincial private banks operating under the enskilda bank system, which granted chartered institutions the right to issue their own notes — a privilege that ended definitively with the Riksbank's monopoly consolidation in 1904. This note falls squarely in the final years of that arrangement, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, whose intaglio work for Scandinavian provincial issuers during this period was competent if unremarkable.
The Sundsvall region's economy ran heavily on timber and sawmill exports, and the local bank's notes circulated primarily among the northern coastal trade rather than nationally. Redemption was legally guaranteed but practically contingent on the issuing bank's solvency.