Sweden 1609 2 ore KM-28
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This specimen was lot 11261 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €85 (about US$89). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Öre, 1609. Stockholm Mint. Karl IX 1604-1611. NGC AU Details--Holed. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck at Stockholm 1608-11 and the hole shown on this example is probably as struck. Other two öre (KM 35) were struck at Gothenburg with a different reverse. One riksdaler was 48 öre or six mark.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.58 g, 0.500 fine silver, 20-21 mm diameter, this specimen 1.35 g.
Catalog reference: KM-28, Delzanno-70; SM-71b; Bruun-11725.
- 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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