The svenska riksdaler (Swedish pronunciation: [rɪksˈdɑːlɛr]) was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency...
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changes, but Sweden was forced to pay a war indemnity of 1 million silver riksdaler to Denmark, an amount known as the Älvsborg ransom. King Christian used...
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Norwegian rigsdaler (redirect from Norwegian riksdaler)
krone/krona = 1⁄2 Danish rigsdaler = 1⁄4 Norwegian speciedaler = 1 Swedish riksdaler. In 1816, coins in circulation from the previous currency remained in...
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including the Danish rigsdaler, the Norwegian rigsdaler, and the Swedish riksdaler. From 1625 to 1873, one Danish skilling (pronounced [ˈske̝lˀe̝ŋ]) was...
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but returned in 1855 as 1⁄100 of the riksdaler. The riksdaler was replaced by the krona in 1873 (one riksdaler equalling one krona), but öre remained...
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the Peene, and Wismar to Sweden in exchange for an indemnity of 600,000 Riksdaler; in return, Sweden would pay the Sound tolls and give up her protectorate...
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since the Treaty of Stettin (1630), and a war indemnity of 20,000,000 Riksdaler. Through the efforts of Johan Oxenstierna and Johan Adler Salvius it obtained:...
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two Danish rigsdaler. Sweden's riksdaler specie was slightly heavier at 25.5 g and was equal to four Swedish riksdaler riksgalds. The Scandinavian switch...
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Sweden introduced decimal currency in 1855. The riksdaler was divided into 100 öre. The riksdaler was renamed the krona in 1873. The Austro-Hungarian...
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word for gold (aurum). The introduction of the krona, which replaced the riksdaler at par, was a result of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which came into...
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