Sweden 1667 2 ore
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This specimen was lot 11314 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Öre, 1667. Stockholm Mint. Karl XI. NGC AU-50. Nice toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1664-69 in substantial quantities. It is common in worn condition. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.
Recorded mintage: 1,312,590.
Specifications: 1.75 g, 0.444 fine silver, 20.5 mm diameter, this specimen 1.58 g.
Catalog reference: KM-241.1; Delzanno-364; SM-217a; Bruun-12212.
- 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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