Sweden 1804-OL ducat Fr-80
This specimen was lot 1274 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €21,600 (about US$23,937 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Alluring and Brightly Lustrous 1804 Ducat Struck from Gold Mined in Dalarna, Struck From Gold Mined in Dalarna, SWEDEN. Ducat, 1804. Stockholm Mint. Gustav IV Adolf. NGC MS-65. Mintmaster: Olof Lidijn (OL). Engraver: Lars Grandel. A RARE variant (mintage: 1,254) minted in gold from the Swedish province of Dalarna, this Ducat can add beauty to its list of attributes. Lustrous and glistening with a sunny luster, and no sign of fault seen excepting the slightest imperfections under magnification. About as sharp as one might expect to see a Ducat of this period, this example stands alone as the sole finest representative on the NGC census. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."
This type was struck 1804 only and has the arms of Dalarna added to the reverse.
Recorded mintage: 1,254 plus 7,300 of Fr-77.
Specification: 3.48 g, 0.976 fine gold, 22.7 mm diameter, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-80; KM-567; SM-15(15); SG-22; Hagander-551; Bruun auction-2112; Bruun-13208.
- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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