Sweden 1718 daler KM-A356

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 7311

This specimen was lot 7311 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $141. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Daler, 1718. Carl XII (1697-1718). NGC MS-63 BN. Agile & Ready. Necessity money. Sharply struck with an attractive chocolate brown patina." This copper daler was struck in Sweden in the closing stages of the Great Northern War when Sweden was losing and the government bankrupt. This series (the SCWC lists ten types issued 1715-19) was supposed to be redeemed in silver after the peace. When this didn't happen, the government official responsible for their issue was executed. A armored knight and a lion pose here to stir up patriotic fervor in a war-weary populace.

Recorded mintage: 736,800.

Specification: 4.5 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM-A356; AAH-216.

Source:

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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

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