Sweden 1873-ST 10 kronor
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This specimen was lot 3334 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN: Oscar II, 1872-1907, AV 10 kronor, 1873, faint surface hairlines, lustrous fields, AU, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, ex Coin Galleries Auction, February 14, 1996, Lot 1114." This type was struck in limited numbers 1874-76 but the release of the hoard of the Bank of Sweden in the late nineties made this type common in all grades.
Recorded mintage: 200,000.
Specification: 4.48 g, 0.900 fine gold, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-94; KM-732.
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- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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