Sweden 1800-OL 1/6 riksdaler
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This specimen was lot 11413 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. 1/6 Riksdaler, 1800 - OL. Stockholm Mint. Gustav IV Adolf. NGC EF-45. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This denomination was introduced in 1776 to replace the 16 öre (KM 513). It must have been a success, as it was struck in large numbers. This type of 1800-09 accompanied a 1/3 riksdaler (KM 551).
Recorded mintage: 105,840.
Specifications: 6.2 g, 0.691 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, plain edge; this specimen 6.15 g.
Catalog reference: KM-560; Delzanno-38; SM-35; Bruun-13193.
- 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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