Sweden 1758-HM ore
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This specimen was lot 75443 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Ore, 1758-HM. Stockholm Mint. Adolf Friedrich. NGC MS-62. Though composed of over 80% base metal, the flan still appears silver. Brilliant, wispy charcoal fields contrast gunmetal devices. A rarely offered silver Ore that series specialists seldom have the opportunity to acquire, especially when preserved in gorgeous Mint State." This type was struck 1753-58 and 1761, of which the 1761 is the most common date. Copper öre were also struck at this time.
Recorded mintage: 75,585.
Specification: 1.19 g, 0.194 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-472.
- 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, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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