Sweden 1936-G 2 kronor

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70334

This specimen was lot 70334 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2020), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Kroner, 1936-G. Stockholm Mint. PCGS MS-66+ Prooflike Gold Shield. Immaculate quality, featuring nearly tone-free surfaces and strong prooflike reflectivity in the fields. Highly unusual quality for the type, suggesting a possible presentation-purpose striking." This type was issued 1910-15, 1922-40 and many of the later dates are very common.

Specification: 15 g, 0.800 fine silver, .385 troy oz ASW, 31 mm diameter.

Recorded mintage: 491,296.

Catalog reference: KM-787.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The May 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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