Estonia 1624 ore
This specimen was lot 2761 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "ESTONIA: SWEDISH: Gustav II Adolf, 1621-1632, AR rundstück / öre, Reval, 1624, Vasa arms separating monogram G A R; MONET NOVA 16Z4 // crowned coat of arms; CIVITAT (five-pointed star) REVAL (five dots), a gorgeous specimen, displaying original mint luster and attractive toning, AU." This type was struck 1622-28 with multiple mintmarks. For 1624, Numista notes the mintmarks hexagram, star (shown here), crossed hooks and an "x shape". Eight öre was a mark; six marks was a riksdaler and ten marks was (roughly) a ducat in gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.25 g, silver, 19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 2, Haljak-1263.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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