Sweden 1854 2/3 skilling
This specimen was lot 11435 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$250). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2/3 Skilling Banco, 1854. Stockholm Mint. Oscar I. NGC MS-62 Red Brown. 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 1845-55. The coinage was reformed again in 1855 and this denomination dropped.
Recorded mintage: 407,952.
Specifications: 7.6 g, copper, 24.5 mm diameter; this specimen 7.38 g.
Catalog reference: KM-663; Delzanno-114; SM-108; Bruun-13514.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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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