Sweden 1662-GW ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11307

This specimen was lot 11307 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$250). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Öre, 1662- GW. Stockholm Mint. Karl IX. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage. Overstrike date 1662/0. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This scarce type was struck 1661-64. A few of the 1662's are known without initials "GW". Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.

Karl XI succeeded to the throne in 1660 at the age of four. He was not crowned until 1672, being under the regency of his mother and the Estates. In 1675, he found himself embroiled in war with Denmark which, by firm leadership and good luck, he won. The treaty of Fontainebleau of 1679 ended his last foreign war and he spent the rest of his reign reforming the army and restoring the royal finances. He died of cancer in 1697, aged 41 years.

Recorded mintage: 59,000.

Specifications: 1.23 g, 0.375 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-230; Delzanno-370; SM-220a; Bruun-12149.

Sources:

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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