Sweden 1662-GW ore

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

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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