Sweden 1731 1/2 daler

Ponterio sale 169, lot 10885

This specimen was lot 10885 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $940. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/2 Daler Plate Money, 1731. Frederik I (1720-51). Nicely stamped with full marks and dates, one stamp is a bit doubled. VERY FINE." 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.

Catalog reference: KM-PM65; AAH-283.

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.
• Bertel Tingstrom, Plate Money, the World's Largest Currency, Stockholm: Royal Coin Cabinet, 1986.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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