Sweden 1818-OL riksdaler specie Dav-348
This specimen was lot 657 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,633 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEDEN, KÖNIGREICH, Karl XIII. 1809-1818. Riksdaler 1818, Stockholm. Münzmeister Olof Lidijn. Mit Randschrift. Seltener Jahrgang. Attraktives Exemplar mit feinem Prägeglanz, winz. Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich. (kingdom of Sweden, Charles XIII, 1809-18, riksdaler of 1818, Stockholm mint, lettered edge. Rare date, attractive example with fine luster, slightly weakly struck, extremely fine.)
This scarce type was struck 1814-18. Charles XIII came to the throne after his nephew Gustav IV was deposed in a military coup. Already sixty years old and in poor health, he watched as his heir presumptive, French general Bernadotte, ran the government.
Recorded mintage: 15,000 including some of Charles XIV (KM 593).
Specification: 29.36 g, 0.878 fine silver, this specimen 29.36 g.
Catalog reference: KM 588, Dav-348; SMH 5; SM (2022) 16.
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- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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