Sweden 1636 1/4 ore
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This specimen was lot 11282 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/4 Öre, 1636. Säter Mint. Kristina. NGC VF Details--Environmental Damage. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck in large numbers 1633-36 at Säter and Nyköping, both mints being devoted to processing Swedish copper. This one has the date above the crown; others have the date below the shield.
Recorded mintage: 40,488,960.
Specifications: 10.6 g, copper, 29-30 mm diameter, this specimen 8.15 g.
Catalog reference: KM-152.2; Delzanno-255; SM-133c; Bruun-11931.
- 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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