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12 Schillingar / Skillingiä
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Riksgälds-Contoir |
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| Year | 1790-1792 |
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| Currency | Riksdaler (1777-1803) |
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| Obverse lettering | Nº 12 Schillingar Uti Riksens Ständers Riksgälds Contoir, är insatt en Summa af Tolf Schillingar, hwilka Tolf Schillingar Innehafwaren har at återbekom- ma, Stockholm den 11 Martii 1791 Säger 12 Schillingar Maraa Karitoisita tmmendä Schillingiä. på Riksens Ständers Riksgälds-Contoirs wägnar |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain, printed on unadorned cream paper with no text, vignettes, or decorative elements, showing only the quadrant fold lines and surface wear consistent with circulation. |
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The Riksgälds-Contoir — the National Debt Office, not a conventional bank — was established in 1789 specifically to finance Sweden's costly war against Russia under Gustav III. These notes were issued outside the Riksbank's authority entirely, a deliberate political maneuver by the Riksdag to keep war financing off the crown's direct books. The bilingual denomination, Swedish and Finnish, reflects the administrative reality of a kingdom that still encompassed Finland.
The Riksgälds notes were initially distrusted and traded at a discount against Riksbank currency — a discount that only widened as the war dragged on.