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Description:
Obverse
Replica of the first stamp ever in Sweden: a 4-skillingbanco postage stamp with the legend outside in a square frame. On the left is the year "1855" and on the right "2005". To the left of the text is the letter "E", which stands for Eskiltuna, the place where the coin was minted, and to the right the letter "H", which is the first letter of the Riksbank Governor's surname.
Reverse
A winged letter flying over a landscape with houses and woodland, with a road traversing the landscape. On the letter is a French horn (the symbol of the Swedish Post Office). Denomination is on the right.
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