Sweden 1617 4 mark
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This specimen was lot 5428 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €500 (about US$654 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEDEN, KÖNIGREICH, Gustav II. Adolf, 1611-1632. 4 Mark 1617, Stockholm. Sehr schön. (kingdom of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, 1611-32, four mark of 1617, Stockholm mint. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1613-20, 1626 at Stockholm and Soderkoping.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 19.75 g, 0.821 fine silver, this specimen 18.60 g.
Catalog reference: KM 64, Ahlström 48.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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