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5 Kronor Toy banknote
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1974 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 SVERIGES RIKSBANK LEKSAKSSEDEL FEM KRONOR GUSTAV VASA 1523-1560 (Translation: 5 National Bank of Sweden Toy banknote Five Crowns 1974 CY R 000831 GUSTAV VASA 1523-1560) |
| Reverse description | Yellow ground with a stylised decorative vignette occupying the full field, composed of an ornate bird motif at centre-left and an abstract foliate or torch-like element at centre-right, both rendered in a bold graphic style. Denomination numeral 5 appears in the upper-right and lower-left corners. The word LEKSAKSSEDEL is printed in large block lettering on the right. |
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Sveriges Riksbank issued official "leksedlar" — toy banknotes — for educational purposes, intended to give children a functional facsimile of current currency without producing anything legally passable as tender. The 1974 5 Kronor example corresponds to the contemporaneous circulating series and was deliberately underscaled and overprinted to preclude misuse.
Collectible more as monetary ephemera than numismatic material. The Riksbank's willingness to produce these officially separates them from the unlicensed novelty notes common elsewhere in Europe.