Sweden 1675 ducat
This specimen was lot 4152 in Goldberg sale 41 (Beverly Hills, May 2007), where it sold for $17,250. The catalog description[1] noted, "Sweden. Ducat, 1675. Charles XI, 1660-1697. Laureate head facing left. Leg: CAROLVS XI D - G REX SVECIAE Reverse: Crown above two interlocking C's with crowns at the sides, crown and date at the bottom. Leg: FACTVS EST DOMINVS PROTECTOR MEVS ('I have made the Lord my Protector'). A superb mint fresh example of this early Swedish ducat. Rare type and very rare this nice. NGC graded MS-66. Charles had just recently been declared of age after a long regency when this coin was minted. He was just nineteen. Unfortunately for Charles, during his regency the Swedish parliament took back much of the power that his father had acquired for the crown. This is an amazing specimen of this type." This type is recorded for 1671-76; all are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.47 grams. 23.19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-43; KM-277.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 41: the Pre-Long Beach Sale, Beverly Hills: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2007.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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