Sweden 1661-GW 2 mark
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This specimen was lot 11305 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$1,876). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Mark, 1661 - GW. Stockholm Mint. Karl XI. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Though cleaned still a magnificent coin with sharp details and an alluring toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1661-64. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 10.40 g, 0.750 fine silver, 30.7 mm diameter, this specimen 10.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM-236; Delzanno-64; SM-91; Bruun-12140.
- 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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