Sweden 1849 skilling
This specimen was lot 11162 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €69 (about US$80). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Skilling Banco, 1849. Stockholm Mint. Oskar I. NGC AU-53 Brown. Planchet flaw at 7 o'clock on the reverse. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." 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. The copper coinage included four, two, one, 2/3, 1/3 and 1/6 skilling pieces. This type of 1847-55 is fairly common in grades up to Very Fine and this is a common date.
Recorded mintage: 305,904, the highest mintage date.
Specification: 11.3 g, copper, 27.8 mm diameter, this specimen 11.57 g.
Catalog reference: KM-671; SM-91; Delzanno-95; Bruun-13469.
- 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.
- 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, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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