Sweden 1739-HM 10 ore

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11386
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This specimen was lot 11386 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 10 Öre, 1739 - HM. Stockholm Mint. Fredrik I. NGC AU Details--Obverse Scratched. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1739-45 and 1750-51 to accompany the five öre. It is somewhat common. Eight öre made a mark and eight mark made a riksdaler.

Recorded mintage: 1,150,000.

Specifications: 7.02 g, 0.444 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-425; Delzanno-107; SM-123; Bruun-12856.

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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