Sweden 1720 4 daler KM-PM62
This specimen was lot 2283 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 2,500 CHF (about US$3,626 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEDEN Ulrike Eleonore, 1719-1720, Kupferplatte zu 4 Daler Silvermynt 1720, Aveta. Vier gekrönte Monogramme mit der geteilten Jahreszahl als Gegenstempel jeweils in den Ecken. Im Zentrum Gegenstempel "4 DALER - SILV: MYNT". Sehr selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (kingdom of Sweden, Ulrika Eleonora, 1719-20, copper plate of four dalers of 1720, Avesta mint. Obverse: four crowned monogram stamps with date, in the center a stamp with "4 DALER - SILV: MYNT". Very rare, Very Fine-Extremely Fine.)"
This type, struck 1719-20 for the queen, is priced about double the similar plates struck for her husband and successor, Frederick I.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 2874-3023 g, copper, this specimen 25 x 26.5 cm.
Catalog reference: KM-PM62, Ahlström 14. SMH 11.2.
- 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.
- Bertel Tingstrom, Plate Money, the World's Largest Currency, Stockholm: Royal Coin Cabinet, 1986.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
Link to:
- Sweden 1719 4 daler plate
- 1720 öre, Ulrika Eleonora, struck over a copper emergency daler
- 1720 billon öre, Ulrika Eleonora
- 1720 mark, Ulrika Eleonora
- 1720 mark, Frederick
- 1720 largesse 2 mark, "SACRVM VIRTVTIS PRAEMIVM" for the king's coronation
- 1720 4 mark, Ulrika Eleonora
- 1720 4 mark, Frederick I
- 1720 daler plate, Frederick I
- 1720 2 daler plate, Frederick I
- Sweden 1721 4 daler plate
- Coins and currency dated 1720