Sweden 1777-OL 1/6 riksdaler
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This specimen was lot 11407 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. 1/6 Riksdaler, 1777 - OL. Stockholm Mint. Gustav III. NGC VG-8. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1776-77. The subsequent type (KM 524) dropped the "16 ÖR SM" on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: 833,820.
Specifications: 6.19 g, 0.691 fine silver, 25-26 mm diameter, reeded edge; this specimen 6.01 g.
Catalog reference: KM-515; Delzanno-65; SM-77; Bruun-13112.
- 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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