Sweden 1754-HM ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11397

This specimen was lot 11397 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €85 (about US$89). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Öre, 1754 - HM. Stockholm Mint. Adolf Fredrik. NGC AU-55. Nice old toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1753-58 and 1761 and is not listed as expensive.

Recorded mintage: 69,000.

Specifications: 1.19 g, 0.194 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-472; Delzanno-104; SM-115; Bruun-12981.

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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