Sweden 1848-AG 1/16 riksdaler
This specimen was lot 11433 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €168 (about US$175). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/16 Riksdaler Specie, 1848/5 - AG. Stockholm Mint. Oscar I. NGC MS-63. Overstrike date 1848/45. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." In the reform of 1830, the skilling, formerly 1/48 riksdaler, became 1/128 riksdaler and new copper denominations issued. The smallest silver denomination, the 1/32 riksdaler, was three skilling. This type was struck 1845-52 and 1855. The coinage was reformed again in 1855 and this denomination dropped.
Recorded mintage: 4,173,274 including the 1848/5 overdate.
Specifications: 2.13 g, 0.750 fine silver, 17.7 mm diameter; this specimen 2.16 g.
Catalog reference: KM-665; Delzanno-29; SM-29; Bruun-13464.
- 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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