Sweden 1780-OL 1/24 riksdaler
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This specimen was lot 11409 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. 1/24 Riksdaler, 1780 - OL. Stockholm Mint. Gustav III. NGC EF-40. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1778-80 and 1783. This appears to be a most common date.
Recorded mintage: 549,024 including a 1780/79 overdate.
Specifications: 2.77 g, 0.382 fine silver, 20-21 mm diameter, plain edge; this specimen 2.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM-522; Delzanno-44; SM-95; Bruun-13136.
- 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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