Sweden 1741 ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11388

This specimen was lot 11388 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Öre, 1741. Avesta Mint. Fredrik I. NGC F-15 Brown. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1730-50 and is common in circulated condition. This denomination was also struck in billon (KM 382) but not in 1741.

Recorded mintage: 1,920,000.

Specifications: 14.2 g, copper, this specimen 14.59 g.

Catalog reference: KM-416.1; Delzanno-373; SM-334; Bruun-12874.

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:

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• 1745/4-HM 10 öre
• 1746 copper 2 öre S.M.
• Coins and currency dated 1741