Sweden 1642 1/4 ore
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This specimen was lot 11285 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, 1642. Nyköping & Säter Mint. Kristina. NGC AU-53 Brown. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck in large numbers 1637-42 at Säter, that mint being devoted to processing Swedish copper.
Recorded mintage: 7,138,560.
Specifications: 12.9 g, copper, 29.3 mm diameter, this specimen 11.31 g.
Catalog reference: KM-160; Delzanno-264; SM-138; Bruun-11975.
- 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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