Sweden 1939-G 10 ore
This specimen was lot 75567 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 10 Ore, 1939-G. Gustav V. NGC MS-66. This superlative high-grade coin offers brilliant surfaces of white argent color as a backdrop to the frosty devices of the same hue. What few marks exist are miniscule and entirely negligible. Extremely attractive." This type is listed for 1909-19 and 1927-42. The early dates are scarce compared to the later dates. The proof has a lower catalog value than the circulation strike in Uncirculated.
Recorded mintage: 2,020,670 including a 1939/29 overdate, plus proofs.
Specification: 1.45 g, 0.400 fine silver, 15 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-780.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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