Sweden (15)58 mark
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This specimen was lot 2155 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,483 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEDEN, KÖNIGREICH, Gustav Vasa, 1521-1560. Mark 1558, Stockholm. Überdurchschnittlich erhalten. Fast vorzüglich. (kingdom of Sweden, Gustavus Vasa, 1521-60, mark of 1558, Stockholm mint. Above average, about extremely fine.)"
Gustav is considered the founder of modern Sweden. One mark was eight öre.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.84 g, 0.500 fine silver, 35 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Ahlström 118.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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