Pomerania 1693-ILA 1/12 thaler

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11350
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This specimen was lot 11350 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/12 Taler, 1693 - ILA. Pommern-Stettin. Karl XI. NGC G-6. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Leopold Welzl v, Wellenheim Collection (Vienna-1846) Lot # 4593." This type was struck 1689-93 and has a modest catalog value. Sweden partitioned Pomerania with Brandenburg at the peace of Westphalia and ruled her portion until 1815.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 3.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM-323; Delzanno-851; SB-152; Bruun-12518.

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.

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