Sweden 1708-LC mark
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This specimen was lot 11102 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €366 (about US$422). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Mark, 1708-LC. Stockholm Mint. Karl XII. NGC VF Details--Reverse Scratched. First year of this type. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This is from a type struck 1697-1717 in moderate quantities. This is a common date but rare in nice condition. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.
Recorded mintage: 64,841, including a 1708/7 overdate.
Specification: 5.80 g, 0.694 fine silver, 24.3 mm diameter, this specimen 5.00 g.
Catalog reference: KM-313; SM-90; Delzanno-79; Bruun-12642.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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