Sweden 1732-GZ 2 mark

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11380
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This specimen was lot 11380 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Mark, 1732 - GZ. Stockholm Mint. Fredrik I. NGC AU-58. Scarce date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This is the most common date of a scarce type struck 1720-22, 1731-33 and 1736-37. Eight öre made a mark and eight mark made a riksdaler.

Recorded mintage: 81,218.

Specifications: 10.405 g, 0.694 fine silver, 30.2 mm diameter, this specimen 10.26 g.

Catalog reference: KM-385; Delzanno-99; SM-116b; Bruun-12803.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • [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.

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