Sweden 1718-LC 4 ore

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11371
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This specimen was lot 11371 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €168 (about US$175). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 4 Öre, 1718 - LC. Stockholm Mint. Karl XII. NGC AU-50. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1667-84 and 1716-18. In between the two issues, there was a large issue of five öre. This is a slightly better date. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.

Recorded mintage: 403,770.

Specifications: 2.83 g, 0.375 fine silver, 21.0 mm diameter, this specimen 2.82 g.

Catalog reference: KM-257; Delzanno-118; SM-118; Bruun-12712.

Sources:

  • 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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