Sweden 1695 ducat Fr-47
This specimen was lot 1256 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €52,800 (about US$58,513 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Beautiful Nearly-Choice Ducat with Appealing Reflective Luster, Struck in Commemoration of the Gold Discovery at Östra Silverberget, SWEDEN. Ducat, 1695. Stockholm Mint. Karl XI. NGC MS-62. Mintmaster: Anders Strömner. Engraver: Arvid Karlsteen. "Gripenhjelms Ducat", struck by regional governor Boran Nils Gripenhielm, commemorates the discovery of gold at the Östra Silverberget in Dalarna 1695. This is the first time the origin of the gold is mentioned on a Swedish coin. Only a handful are known to exist outside of public collection. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex: J. Scharp Collection (Stockholm - 1851/1853) Lot # 890."
This is listed in Unusual World Coins, not the regular SCWC; perhaps the editors thought it was a medal.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.972 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-47; KM-XM30; SM-54(51); SG-67; Hagander-267; Bruun auction-1238; Bruun-12530.
- 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, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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