Sweden 1730-GZ riksdaler Dav-1720
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 11378 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €552 (about US$575). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Riksdaler, 1730 - GZ. Stockholm Mint. Fredrik I. NGC VF-30. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1730-33 in modest quantities with portraits that varied from year to year. Eight öre made a mark and eight mark made a riksdaler.
Recorded mintage: 3,992, the scarcest date.
Specifications: 29.25 g, 0.878 fine silver, 41.5 mm diameter, this specimen 29.30 g.
Catalog reference: KM-395.1; Dav-1720; Delzanno-10; SM-63; Bruun-12786.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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.
Link to: