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Description:
Obverse
Stylized portrait of Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, based on a photograph from Mårbacka, her childhood home. On the lower edge are the Governor’s initials (“SI”), the year, the denomination and the first letter of the place the coin was minted (“E”). The designer’s initials appear below the picture of Selma Lagerlöf.
Reverse
Two flying geese and on the edge a quotation from the short story “Monarkmötet” (The meeting of monarchs) which is included in the collection “Troll och människor” (Trolls and Humans) from 1915..
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