Sweden 1835 1/6 skilling
This specimen was lot 31799 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $235. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carl XIV Johan 1/6 Skilling 1835, MS64 Red Brown NGC. A choice example with considerable mint red. Very scarce in this quality. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." This specimen was offered again as lot 49455 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $145. Prior to the reform of 1830, 48 skilling = one riksdaler; after 1830, 128 skilling = one riksdaler specie. As a result the weight of the skilling was reduced from 28.3 g to 11.3 g. This is a common date of a type struck 1835-44. The denomination was terminated in 1855.
Recorded mintage: 538,000.
Specification: 1.4 g, copper, 16.1 mm diameter (2.4 g per Delzanno).
Catalog reference: Delzanno SMB-171, KM 639.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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