Sweden 1707-LC 5 ore
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This specimen was lot 11362 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 5 Öre, 1707 - LC. Stockholm Mint. Karl XII. NGC F-15. Variation with '5 ÖR'. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This is from a type struck 1690-1715 in large quantities. It is a slightly better date. The variety with "5 Ö" on the reverse is scarce. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.
Recorded mintage: 533,580.
Specifications: 3.51 g, 0.444 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 3.41 g.
Catalog reference: KM-310; Delzanno-103; SM-107b; Bruun-12632.
- 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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