Sweden 1617 ore KM-72
This specimen was lot 11028 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €89 (about US$103). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Öre, 1617. Söderköping Mint. Johan, Duke of Östergötland. NGC VF Details--Environmental Damage. Variation with date and denomination in the obverse field, and with the king's name written as "IOHAN". Pleasant deep toning. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This denomination was struck in billon and copper from numerous mints. This type is listed for 1617 only, some with two digit dates. One riksdaler was 48 öre or six mark.The death of Gustavus Adolphus in 1632 completely disrupted Swedish dreams of becoming a Great Power.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.48 g, 0.250 fine silver, 20-21 mm diameter, this specimen 1.35 g.
Catalog reference: KM-72; SM-6d; Delzanno-12; Bruun-11744.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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