Sweden 1881 2 ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11448

This specimen was lot 11448 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €125 (about US$130). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Öre, 1881. Stockholm Mint. Oscar II. NGC MS-64 Brown. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This is a slightly better date. The type was struck 1877-1905.

Recorded mintage: 1,244,000.

Specification: 4 g, bronze, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 3.83 g.

Catalog reference: KM-746; Delzanno-230; SM-206; Bruun-13702.

Source:

• 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, 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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