Sweden 1692-AS 8 mark Dav-4539
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This specimen was lot 1688 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $646. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 8 Mark, 1692-AS. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, AU Details Secure Holder. Karl XI (1660-97). Minor tooling." The catalogs note that the minting of riksdalers dwindled in the 1650's and ceased in the 1670's in favor of the eight mark but does not note why. The striking of riksdalers resumed in the eighteenth century after the Great Northern War (1700-21). This type was struck 1692-96 in sufficient numbers to be the most common eight mark of the seventeenth century.
Recorded mintage: 51,000.
Specification: 31.35 g, 0.922 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-311; AAH-61, Dav-4539.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.
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