Estonia 1666 ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11313

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 11056

The first specimen was lot 11313 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. Öre, 1666. Reval Mint. Karl XI. NGC VF-30. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The second specimen was lot 11056 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €89 (about US$103). The catalog description^[2] noted, "SWEDEN. Reval. Öre, 1666. Reval Mint. Karl XI. NGC VF-25. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." The Swedes conquered Estonia from the Livonian Knights early in the sixteenth century. Peter the Great greatly desired possession of Estonia and occupied it in 1710; the Swedes formally ceded it to him in 1721. It remained Russian until after World War One. This type was struck 1663-67 and is called a "rundstück" (round piece) by Numista. Many varieties exist in the legends.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.21 g, silver, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-9.1; Delzanno-1014; SB-124a; Bruun-12202. The second specimen is KM-9.3; SB-126a; Delzanno-1016; Bruun-12203.

Sources:

• 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.
• ^[2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

Link to:

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