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10 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1952-1953 |
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| Size | 120 x 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a portrait of Axel Oxenstierna, the 17th-century Swedish statesman and Lord High Chancellor, rendered in intaglio. The bank title SVERIGES RIKSBANK arcs across the upper portion of the note, with the denomination TIO KRONOR inscribed below, flanked by numeral 10 repeated on either side. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 10 |
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De La Rue's contract to print Swedish banknotes in London was a practical arrangement born of postwar capacity constraints — Sweden's own Tumba Bruk had handled domestic production for centuries, but the early 1950s issues were outsourced while the facility managed other demands. The relationship was not long-lived; Sweden returned to domestic printing relatively quickly, making this a narrow window of foreign production in an otherwise insular printing history.
The 1952–1953 dating reflects two distinct issue dates within what is essentially a single print run, differentiated in the catalog primarily for dating purposes rather than any meaningful design or plate change.