Sweden 1700 2 mark
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This specimen was lot 24956 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Mark, 1700-HZ. Carl XII (1697-1718). NGC AU-58. Nice strike with a bold portrait. Light attractive tone with strong underlying luster and good eye appeal." This type is listed in the SCWC for 1697-1708. Tho not rare, it is priced nearly double that of the two mark of Charles XI.
Recorded mintage: 518,000.
Specification: 10.40 g, 0.694 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-314, SM-61.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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