Elbing (16)57 solidus KM-65
This specimen was lot 11300 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €4,320 (about US$4,503). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Solidus/Schilling, 1657. Elbing Mint. Karl X Gustav. NGC MS 62. Variation with Solidvs Elbing in legend. Rare single year type in brilliant condition. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." Elbing, a port on the Vistula river, was long a rival to Danzig. It was occupied by the Swedes in the 1630's and used by them as a base during the Thirty Years War. However, Gustavus Adolphus never annexed it and it eventually returned to Polish control. This solidus or schilling was also struck with three crowns on the reverse (KM 57). One thaler was 270 solidi.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.51 g, silver, 16-17 mm diameter, this specimen 0.53 g.
Catalog reference: KM 65; Delzanno-99; SB-65; Bruun-12106.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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