Sweden 1726 1/2 daler
This specimen was lot 1798 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 39 (Winter Park, FL, May 2026), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN, Avesta mint, copper ½ daler 'plate money,' Fredrik I, 1726. Choice example from this wreck with bold stamps and light surface corrosion, quite solid and thick, accompanied by a rare book about the plate money recovered from this wreck. Pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 10, with original lot-tag 509 and Sedwick photo-certificate, also with Ponterio Nicobar auction catalog of January 1990 and book The Plate Money Treasure of Nicobar, by Jimmy Herbert and Bertel Tingström (1999). Recovered from Nicobar, sunk in 1783 off South Africa." 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: 378 g, copper, this specimen 360 grams, roughly 4¼" x 3¾".
Catalog reference: KM-PM65.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 39, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2026.
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