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The bad money of war

The quality of money has often deteriorated in times of war. In the early 18th century, for example, Swedes had to exchange their money for necessity coins (2). You can see from the display case how small the necessity money is in comparison to the plate money (1), even though both coins are supposed to be of equal value.

1  daler silvermynt, Avesta, Karl XII, 1715
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  1 daler silvermynt, Avesta, Karl XII, 1715

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1715
, Object number2

  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1715

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1716
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  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1716

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1717
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  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1717

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718
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  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718
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  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718
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  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718
, Object number8

  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718
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  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718
, Object number10

  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Karl XII, 1718

1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Ulrika Eleonora, 1719
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  1 daler silvermynt, Stockholm, Ulrika Eleonora, 1719

2  daler silvermynt, Riksens ständers kontor, 1719
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  2 daler silvermynt, Riksens ständers kontor, 1719

10 daler silvermynt, Kontributionsverket, 1717
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  10 daler silvermynt, Kontributionsverket, 1717