Livonia (16)62 solidus

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Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2710

This specimen was lot 2710 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $66. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDISH LIVONIA: Karl XI, 1660–1697, AR solidus, Riga, [16]62, a pleasing lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS62." This type was struck 1660-68 for Charles XI of Sweden.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.51 g, billon, 15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-55.

Source:

  • Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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