Sweden 1745 1/2 daler
This specimen was lot 5117 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €480 (about US$660 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEDEN, KÖNIGREICH Friedrich I., 1720-1751. Kupferplatte zu 1/2 Daler Silvermynt 1745, Avesta. Gelocht, fast sehr schön. (kingdom of Sweden, Frederick I, 1720-51, half daler copper plate of 1745, Avesta mint. Holed, about very fine.)"
In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = one mark and 96 öre = one riksdaler. This type was issued 1720-50 and is the most common half daler plate. Millions were made but most were melted down to make other copper or bronze objects. Large numbers have been recovered from wrecks.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 110 x 90 mm; 336,94 g.
Catalog reference: KM PM65, Tingström S. 309, A 26; SMH 66.26; SM (2022) 302.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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