Sweden 1709-LC 4 mark

Ponterio sale 169, lot 22460

This specimen was lot 22460 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $349. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 4 Mark, 1709. Carl XII (1697-1718). Edge bump. VERY FINE." This type was struck 1708-16 and most dates, including this one, are low mintage. This specimen sold for considerably more than catalog value. In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = one mark and 48 öre = one riksdaler so this coin, a four mark, was two-thirds of a riksdaler.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 20.80 g, 0.694 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-337.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1707 riksdaler, Charles XII, bust left
• 1707 riksdaler, Charles XII, bust right
• 1708-LC 4 mark
• 1709-LC 2 mark
• Swedish Pomerania 1709 medallic thaler
• 1710-LC 2 mark
• 1710 half daler plate
• 1710 ducat
• 1711 4 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1709
• return to coins of Sweden