Sweden 1862-ST 50 ore
This specimen was lot 22755 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $1,997.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carl XV 50 Ore 1862-ST, AU50 PCGS, bold design features with charcoal gray patina, very rare one-year type with a mintage of 2,319. One of the rarest issues of the modern coinage of Sweden." This fifty öre is from a shortlived (1855-73) currency reform wherein 100 öre = 1 riksdaler riksmynt and 4 riksdaler riksmynt = 1 riksdaler specie. In 1873, the riksdaler species was dropped and 100 öre = 1 krona (the krona, at 7.5 g, 0.800 fine silver, was slightly smaller than the old riksdaler riksmynt). The system adopted in 1873 is still in use today, the Swedes having recently declined to adopt the euro.
Recorded mintage: 2,319.
Specification: 4.25 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 715.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
- 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.
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