Sweden 1662 2 ore K.M.

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Heritage sale 3029, lot 31760
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 31760 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $211.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carl XI 2 Ore 1662-KM, VF35 BN NGC. Attractive medium brown surfaces with some light porosity, a very scarce large copper type. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." In the late seventeenth century, the Swedish mints oscillated between striking this denomination in copper (shown here) and billon (KM 241). This type of 1661-65 is common in circulated condition but scarce nice. Eight öre made a mark.

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: unknown.

Specification: 35.4 g, copper, 41.7 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 234.1, SM-331.

Source:

  • Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
  • Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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