Sweden 1844 1/3 skilling

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Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 49459
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This specimen was lot 49459 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/3 Skilling Banco, 1844. Stockholm Mint. Oscar I. NGC MS-65 Brown. Tied for finest certified with one other date on the NGC population report." Prior to the reform of 1830, 48 skilling = one riksdaler; after 1830, 128 skilling = one riksdaler specie. As a result the skilling was reduced from 28.3 g to 11.3 g. This is a common date of a type struck 1844-55. The denomination was terminated in 1855.

Recorded mintage: 226,000.

Specification: 4.7 g, copper, 19.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 657, SMB-116; AAH-110.

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, January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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