Sweden 1703-HZ 2 mark
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This specimen was lot 11359 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$250). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Mark, 1703 - HZ. Stockholm Mint. Karl XII. NGC VF-30. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." 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: 338,000.
Specifications: 10.40 g, 0.694 fine silver, this specimen 10.31 g.
Catalog reference: KM-314; Delzanno-46; SM-64; Bruun-12608.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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