Sweden 1692 2 mark
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This specimen was lot 1601 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $282. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN: Carl XI, 1660-1697, AR 2 mark, 1692. NGC graded AU58." Early two mark (KM 23) were 9.87 g, .821 fine; later types of 1638-48 were heavier but lower in fineness, containing about the same amount of silver. The subsequent issues of the 1660's were 10.40 g, 0.694 fine silver. This type of 1677-97 is fairly reasonable in circulated condition.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.40 g, 0.694 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-282.1.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
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