Sweden 1785 — Stockholm Spinnhus Pollett System – Complete Nine-Denomination Institutional Currency Set (One Half Öre to One Daler)
This complete nine-note ensemble represents the entire internal monetary system of Stockholm’s Spinnhus, the women’s correctional institution and workhouse operating on Långholmen Island during the late eighteenth century. Produced circa 1785, these engraved pollett notes functioned as closed-economy institutional currency, issued exclusively for use within the prison environment. They served as a controlled medium of exchange through which inmates were compensated for labor, particularly the spinning and processing of flax and wool. ... Read more →
SwedenInstitutional Paper Currency Set1785Complete nine-note system: one half öre, one öre, two öre, five öre, six öre, seven öre, sixteen öre, twenty-four öre, one dalerUnissued Uncirculated with archival tape residue on several pieces PollettInstitutional paper currencyEngraved copperplate noteEighteenth century rag paperAnopisthographic printingUnissuedUncirculatedStockholm engravingSwedish copperplate productionPre-industrial note manufactureStockholm SpinnhusLångholmen prison economyPenal labor currencyClosed economy tenderProto-fiat institutional moneyInternal monetary systemSweden1785One half öreOne öreTwo öreFive öreSix öreSeven öreSixteen öreTwenty-four öreOne dalerFull denomination setPick UnlistedR10 extremely rareUniqueUnique Set
