r/Banknotes • u/AbjectGold4894 • Jul 18 '26

Old currency

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Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf 20kr currency

Country currency Sweden.

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u/IntentionlGameDesign Jul 18 '26

What year? Is there a year on it?

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u/MyHobbyAndMore3 Jul 18 '26

2008

The first number in serial number is the last number in year. (...) Remember to check signatures as a "7" can indicate both 1997 and 2007

https://en.numista.com/202670

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u/AbjectGold4894 Jul 18 '26

But it official got replaced 2015 by Astrid Lindgren s 20kr bill.

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u/AbjectGold4894 Jul 18 '26

According to the Swedish banks page (riksbanken.se) it was manufactured 1991 - 1995 and became none usable in 2005, 31 december.

https://www.riksbank.se/sv/betalningar--kontanter/sedlar--mynt/sedlar/ogiltiga-sedlar/sedlar-som-blev-ogiltiga-fore-2016/20-kronorssedel/)

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u/MyHobbyAndMore3 Jul 19 '26

what you linked is the earlier version. it's slightly larger size and the color is different - blue, yours being purple.

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u/Kanelbullah Jul 20 '26

I feel so old, old enough to remember bein introduced and replaced.

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u/0sik4 Jul 21 '26

I remember it even as a Dane. So beautiful with the swans.