Sweden 1880-EB 10 kronor
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This specimen was lot 1472 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $352.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN: Oscar II, 1872-1907, AV 10 kronor, 1880, initials EB, better date, EF, Ex Dr. John Lund Collection." This type was struck in limited numbers 1876-83, 1894-95 but the release of the hoard of the Bank of Sweden in the late nineties made this type common in all grades.
Recorded mintage: 27,000.
Specification: 4.48 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.1296 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM-743, SM28, Fr-93a.
- 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.
- 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 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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