Sweden (15)70 1/2 ore
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This specimen was lot 11241 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. 1/2 Öre, 1570. Stockholm Mint. Johan III. NGC EF Details--Bent. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1569-74 for Johan III, who succeeded Eric XIV in 1568 and had him murdered in 1577. One daler was four mark or 32 öre.
Recorded mintage: 122,932.
Specification: 1.67 g, 0.105 fine silver, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 1.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB139, Delzanno-81; SM-78; Bruun-11564.
- 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]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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