Sweden 1740-HM ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11387

This specimen was lot 11387 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €125 (about US$130). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Öre, 1740 - HM. Stockholm Mint. Fredrik I. NGC MS-63. 1.19 g From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1720-49 and is common. This denomination was also struck in copper (KM 416.1).

Recorded mintage: 77,000.

Specifications: 1.19 g, 0.194 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-382; Delzanno-187; SM-175; Bruun-12864.

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.

Link to:

• 1735-GZ öre
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• 1741 copper öre S.M.
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