Sweden 1843 2 skilling
This specimen was lot 72594 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Skilling Banco, 1843. Stockholm Mint. Carl XIV Johan. NGC MS-65 Brown. Emanating from the final date in the series, this impressive Gem offers exceptional quality for the type, with mostly brown surfaces accentuated with shimmering hints of red." In the reform of 1830, the sixth and third riksdalers were dropped for eighth, quarter and half riksdalers. The skilling, formerly 1/48 riksdaler, became 1/128 riksdaler and new one-sixth (KM 639), one-third, half, two-thirds, one, two and four skilling issued in copper. The smallest silver denomination, the 1/32 riksdaler, was three skilling.
Recorded mintage: 162,000.
Specification: 18.9 g, copper, 33.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 643.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1976.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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