Pomerania (1690-94)-ILA 1/48 thaler
This specimen was lot 11346 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$250). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/48 Taler, (1689-94) - ILA. Pommern-Stettin. Karl XI. NGC VG-8. Countermarked with a crowned 'G' for circulation in the city Greifswald. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This 1/48 thaler was struck for Pomerania 1672-93 with mintmaster ILA known for 1690-93. Greifswald is a small port on the Baltic Sea between Stralsund and Stettin. We don't know why the city fathers felt it necessary to counterstamp this coin. The counterstamp has obliterated the date.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.11 g, billon, 19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-251; Delzanno-925/926; SB-183 ff; Bruun-12487.
- 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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