Today I learned something about Queen Christina
"In July 1661, Sweden's Stockholm Bank issued the first bank note in Europe to compensate for a shortage of silver coins. Although Sweden lacked silver, it possessed bountiful copper resources, and the government of Queen Christina (1634-1654) issued large copper sheets called platmynt (plate money), which weighed approximately 4 pounds each."
Jack Weatherford. The History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997. p. 130.
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