Sweden 1757 1/2 daler
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This specimen was lot 1613 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/2 Daler Plate Money, 1757. Adolf Frederick (1751-71). All five stamps full and complete. Pleasing reddish brown tone. CHOICE VERY FINE." In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = one mark and 48 öre = one riksdaler. This type was issued 1751-59 and is fairly common tho not as available as those of Frederick (KM PM65). Millions were made but most were melted down to make other copper or bronze objects.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-PM80; AAH-154.
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- Bertel Tingstrom, Plate Money, the World's Largest Currency, Stockholm: Royal Coin Cabinet, 1986.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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