Sweden 1560 mark

Ponterio sale 177, lot 35361

photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 35361 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $558. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Mark, 1560. Gustav Vasa (1523-60). Scratches, cleaned. EXTREMELY FINE." Gustav is considered the founder of modern Sweden. One mark was eight öre.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: AAH-121.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

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