Sweden 1693-AS 4 mark

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 78492

This specimen was lot 78492 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 4 Mark, 1693. Stockholm Mint. Karl XI. PCGS AU-50. From the Richard August Collection." This type, struck 1683-96, is the most common of this denomination struck during the seventeenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 20.80 g, 0.694 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-296.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlström, 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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