Sweden 1690-AS 5 ore
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This specimen was lot 11344 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 5 Öre, 1690 - AS. Stockholm Mint. Karl XI. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This is the first date of a type struck 1690-1715 in large quantities. It is a slightly better date. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.
Recorded mintage: 1,677,615.
Specifications: 3.51 g, 0.444 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 2.91 g.
Catalog reference: KM-310; Delzanno-294; SM-189; Bruun-12471.
- 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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