Sweden 1814-OL 1/6 riksdaler

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11418
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This specimen was lot 11418 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/6 Riksdaler, 1814 - OL. Stockholm Mint. Karl XIII. NGC VF-30. Rare date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1809-10 and 1814. In 1814, Sweden obtained Norway from Denmark, and the title "king of Norway" was added to the coinage.

Recorded mintage: 199,146, including an 1814/0 overdate.

Specifications: 6.22 g, 0.691 fine silver, 26.3 mm diameter; this specimen 6.12 g.

Catalog reference: KM-568; Delzanno-13; SM-21; Bruun-13255.

Sources:

  • 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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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