10 Kronor, Sveriges Riksbank, 1990

This copy

Accession

OM-00177

Serial

C 377114

Series year

1990

Actually issued

1990

Signatures

This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.

Grade

VF (IBNS)

Folds, otherwise clean. Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.

Estimated value

$3 indicative

Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-09-07.

Dimensions

119.3 × 68.5 mm (±1.8, from the scan)

Themes

ModernScandinavia

The type

Type

10 Kronor, Sveriges Riksbank, 1990

Portrait

Gustaf VI Adolf

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Inscriptions

Obverse — the issuing bank

Sveriges Riksbank

The Bank of Sweden

Symbology

Portrait of Gustaf VI Adolf

A king who was also a working archaeologist, on the note of the oldest central bank.

Three crowns

The arms of Sweden, and the mark of the oldest central bank still operating.

What was happening

A circulating national banknote of the modern era: a central bank, a national portrait, and a currency backed by nothing but the institution that issues it — the arrangement every note earlier in this collection was either trying to establish or failing to maintain.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 10 Kronor, Sveriges Riksbank, 1990 in the collection.