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50 Kronor
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1907-1917 |
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| Value | 50 Kronor (50 SEK) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the denomination numeral within an intricate guilloche underprint. At lower right, an allegorical vignette of Svea reclines in an armchair, turned to the left, her right hand resting on a shield and her left arm cradling a cornucopia; a lion, its head turned left, is seated at her feet. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a bust portrait of King Gustav I Vasa in right-facing profile, wearing a plumed hat; the portrait is set within an ornate medallion enclosed by an elaborate guilloche frame. |
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Sveriges Riksbank's 50 Kronor series of 1907–1917 coincided with a period of genuine monetary stress in Sweden — the Riksbank was still operating under the gold standard, but wartime pressures after 1914 pushed note circulation well beyond pre-war norms. The total print run of just over 12 million across a decade is modest by European standards, reflecting both the note's relatively high face value and the Riksbank's conservative issuance policy during that period.
P#28 was printed by the Riksbank's own in-house facility, Riksbankens Tryckeri in Stockholm, which had handled Swedish banknote production since the nineteenth century — an unusual degree of self-sufficiency that distinguished the Riksbank from most of its European counterparts relying on private security printers.