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100 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1965-1985 |
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| Value | 100 Kronor (100 SEK) |
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| Obverse lettering | SVERIGES RIKSBANK ETTHUNDRA KRONOR 100 HINC ROBUR ET SECURITAS GUSTAV II ADOLF 1611-1632 (Translation: Sweden's Riksbank / One Hundred Kronor / 100 / Hence Strength and Security / Gustav II Adolf 1611-1632) |
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| Reverse lettering | REGALSKEPPET WASA 1628 100 (Translation: Royal Ship Wasa 1628) |
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Pick 54 spanned two decades of issue, with Gustaf Vasa appearing on what was then Sweden's highest-denomination note in general circulation. Tumba Bruk, the Riksbank's own paper mill and printing facility southwest of Stockholm, has produced Swedish banknote paper since 1755 — one of the longest continuously operating security printing operations in the world. The integration of paper production and printing under a single state-controlled roof was a deliberate policy choice, insulating the currency from foreign supply chain vulnerabilities that had complicated earlier Swedish monetary history.
Later printings in the series introduced a metallic security thread, replacing the earlier embedded plain thread — a distinction that matters for precise dating within the type.