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3 Riksdaler Specie
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco |
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| Year | 1777-1812 |
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| Reference(s) | P#92 |
| Obverse description | Entirely typeset and manuscript note on cream cotton paper, with the denomination "Rks 3 Sp:" in bold letterpress at upper centre above a principal text block in Swedish stating the bank's obligation to pay the bearer three Riksdaler Specie. A manuscript date is inserted within the body text, handwritten signatures appear in the lower portion alongside a small printed cautionary legend, and a watermark incorporating the bank's name is discernible in the upper zone of the sheet. |
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| Obverse lettering | Rks 3 Sp: At Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco halver insatt på Transport-Räkningen tre Riksdaler Spec. hvilka 3 Riksdaler Sp. böra egenhändigt och tydeligentransporteras med dag och äfre-tahl, ifrån man til man; Och skal sista transportens innehavare utbekommadennas Summa. Stockholm d. 29 April 1811 Tre Riksdaler Spec. |
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Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco — the Estates of the Realm's Exchange Bank — was one of the oldest central banking institutions in Europe, having operated continuously since 1668. By the time this 3 Riksdaler Specie denomination entered circulation, the bank was already managing serious monetary pressure: decades of war finance and note overissuance had eroded public confidence in Swedish paper, and the late eighteenth century saw repeated efforts to restore specie convertibility that largely failed in practice.
The 35-year issue window reflects bureaucratic inertia more than stability — successive date ranges were hand-completed on printed blanks, making precise dating of individual notes possible through register cross-reference.