Sweden 1629 ore KM-117

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 11034
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This specimen was lot 11034 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, 1629. Nyköping Mint. Gustav II Adolf. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This denomination was struck in billon and copper from numerous mints. This type is listed for 1628-29 and is common in low grade. The death of Gustavus Adolphus in 1632 completely disrupted Swedish dreams of becoming a Great Power.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, 28.3 g, 41 mm diameter, this specimen 26.89 g.

Catalog reference: KM-117; SM-185b; Delzanno-269; Bruun-11835.

Source:

  • 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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