Sweden 1715-LC ducat Fr-50
This specimen was lot 11368 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$2,502). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Ducat, 1715 - LC. Stockholm Mint. Karl XII. NGC AU Details--Obverse Scratched. Slightly bent with some scratches but still a rare and desirable coin. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." In 1714, Sweden was losing the Great Northern War and the state was nearly bankrupt. The king, Charles XII, was a prisoner of the Turks, having fled the Ukraine after the battle of Poltava. In 1721, Sweden would surrender the Baltic provinces to Russia, Bremen and Verden to Hanover, most of Swedish Pomerania to Prussia and recognize Danish control of Schleswig-Holstein. This rare type was struck 1712-17.
Recorded mintage: 6,863.
Specifications: 3.45 g, 0.976 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-50; KM-350; SG-19; SM-17; Bruun-12682.
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- [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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