Estonia (15)67 schilling
This specimen was lot 11240 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Solidus (Schilling), 1567. Reval Mint. Erik XIV. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage. Variation with "Revali" in legend. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Gotthard Minus Collection (Vienna-1874) Lot # 4775." One mark was 48 schilling or solidi. This type was struck 1564-68 and undated; only 1568 is listed in the SCWC. The Swedes seized Estonia in 1561 and held it until 1721, when they ceded it to Peter the Great of Russia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.98 g, billon, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM MB12 (unlisted date); Delzanno-138; SB-33; Bruun-11549.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [2]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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- Estonia (15)62 1/4 mark = ferding
- Sweden 1567 2 öre
- Sweden 1567 daler
- Estonia (1569-92) schilling, Reval mint, Johann III
- Coins and currency dated 1567