Sweden 1725 1/2 daler
This specimen was lot 75762 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/2 Daler Plate Money, 1725. Avesta Mint. Fredrik I. CHOICE VERY FINE. Stamps: Central stamp bearing denomination (1/2 DALER SILFMYNT) and crossed arrows, surrounded by four stamps bearing crowned FRS and date. A handsome piece of plate money with deeply-impressed stamps and nice glossy brown patina throughout. Rustic in nature but with few marks or detractions." This type was issued 1720-50 and is the most common of all plate money. Millions were made but most were melted down to make other copper objects, including coins.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen approximately 98 mm x 94 mm; 384.29 g.
Catalog reference: KM-PM65.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
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- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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