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97 Riksdaler Specie Transport Banknote
| Issuer | Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco |
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| Year | 1832 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper note with two embossed dry seals at the upper portion, flanking the issuer's printed text. The denomination and date are entered in manuscript, with the body of the note in letterpress-printed Swedish text establishing the transport (bearer transfer) obligation. Multiple handwritten signatures appear at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse bearing handwritten endorsement signatures and manuscript notations, consistent with the transport (bearer transfer) convention requiring each successive holder to sign the note in sequence before passing it on. |
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The Riksens Ständers Wäxel-Banco — the Estates of the Realm's Exchange Bank — was one of the oldest central banking institutions in Europe, tracing its origins to 1668. By 1832 it was already in its twilight years, operating alongside the competing Riksgäldskontoret notes and facing the institutional consolidation that would eventually produce the Riksbank in its modern form. The denomination itself is telling: 97 Riksdaler Specie is an odd figure, and Transport notes of this type were not issued in round denominations but in precise amounts corresponding to actual debt obligations or remittances being transferred between parties.
The embossed seal served as the primary authentication device at a time when Sweden had no intaglio security printing infrastructure comparable to contemporary British or French issues.