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500 Riksdaler Riksmynt
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 1870 |
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| Value | 500 Riksdaler Riksmynt |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown and black on cream paper, with the Swedish royal coat of arms — two rampant lions flanking a crowned shield — positioned centrally at the top. The denomination 'FEM HUNDRA' appears in an oval panel at the centre, flanked by the words 'Riksdaler' and 'Riksmynt' in large letterpress text, with '500' repeated in oval guilloche cartouches on both left and right margins. The serial number prefix and 'Nº000000 A' appear twice in the upper portion, with the date 'Stockholm den 3 Januarii 1870' inscribed below the main text, along with the redemption clause 'inlöser, vid anfordran, denna sedel å' and a silver equivalent statement. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sveriges Riksbank INLÖSER, VID ANFORDRAN, DENNA SEDEL Å Riksdaler FEM HUNDRA Riksmynt med 125 Riksdaler i Silfver, eller 1000 Ort Tolf-lödigt mynadt silfver. Stockholm den 3 Januarii 1870 Nº000000 A |
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Sveriges Riksbank's 500 Riksdaler Riksmynt notes from this period were among the highest-denomination paper instruments in Swedish circulation before the country's monetary reform of 1873, which replaced the riksdaler system with the krona under the Scandinavian Monetary Union. A note of this value would have moved almost exclusively between commercial banks and major merchants — not retail trade.
The riksmynt designation itself is worth noting: it distinguished the decimal subdivision currency from the older riksdaler riksgälds, two parallel systems that had caused accounting confusion for decades before the 1855 consolidation settled the riksmynt as the standard.
P#144 is genuinely rare at this denomination; surviving examples in any condition are infrequently offered.