Sweden 1699-AS 5 ore
This specimen was lot 11100 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €69 (about US$80). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 5 Öre, 1699-AS. Stockholm Mint. Karl XII. NGC VF-30. First year of this type. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This is from 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. In 1700, Charles XII embarked on the Great Northern War which would result in the destruction of the empire built by Gustavus Adolphus.
Recorded mintage: 1,271,000.
Specification: 3.51 g, 0.444 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 3.30 g.
Catalog reference: KM-310; SM-100; Delzanno-90; Bruun-12580.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget 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, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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