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5 Daler SM Contribution Authority
| Issuer | Contributions-Werket (Swedish Contribution Authority) |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Currency | Third riksdaler (1715-1719) |
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| Obverse lettering | Anno 1717. Fem Daler Silfwermynt |
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| Protection type | Embossed seal |
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The Contributions-Werket was a short-lived fiscal body established during the later years of Karl XII's reign to extract emergency financing from a Swedish economy already bankrupted by decades of continuous warfare. This 5 Daler note is among the most primitive paper instruments ever issued under Swedish authority — the embossed seal serving as the sole authentication measure on what was essentially a state-compelled loan receipt rather than a conventional circulating note.
Karl XII died at Fredriksten in November 1718, and the institution did not long survive him. Notes of this type were issued into a population that had little choice but to accept them.