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History of copper currency in Sweden

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219: 124: 325: 22: 282:. The face value of the circulating copper coins now greatly exceeded the reserves of the state and production of the national economy, so the value of the currency quickly fell to its commodity value. In a country where copper was so abundant, that number was very small, because of which the savings of the people of Sweden were wiped out. 289:
reached maturity at 18, after a brief fling with paper-based money backed by copper—which was well received initially but soon lost credibility—she began issuing copper in plates as large as fifteen kilograms to serve as currency. Unwieldy as they were, the copper-based monetary system worked to a
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certain extent until the world copper price collapsed. Sweden's copper no longer commanded the premium it once had on world markets and foreign income dried up. Relative to the rest of Europe, the people of Sweden had become poor once more.
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in March of 1719, a punishment which greatly pleased the Swedish people. At the end of July 1768 plate money was abolished, but reintroduced on 4 August.
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SHIELLS, ROBERT. "SWEDISH COPPER PLATE-MONEY." American Journal of Numismatics (1897–1924) 32, no. 2 (1897): 49–51. www.jstor.org/stable/43582838.
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The multiple currencies of Sweden-Finland 1534–1803 by Rodney Edvinsson. Chapter 4.3. The period 1624–1719
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in Europe as it entered into its pre-eminence in the early 17th century as an emerging
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attempted to persuade the populace to exchange their silver-based currency for a
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In an effort to shore up the economy, the government minister
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De Maandelykse Nederlandische Mercurius, Bände 24-27 p. 72
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stepped up to the challenge and became the country's
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