Sweden 1947-TS 50 ore KM-796

Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72410

This specimen was lot 72410 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 50 Ore, 1947-TS. PCGS SPECIMEN-65. Type struck in Nickel-Bronze. A boldly struck and softly lustrous Gem, with russet toning streaks noted on both sides." This nickel-bronze twenty-five öre (KM 798) was struck 1921, 1940-41, 1946-47. Another fifty öre (KM 817) was struck in billon 1943-50.

Recorded mintage: 1,031,800 + 1,77,500 of KM 817.

Specification: 4.80 g, nickel bronze, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-796.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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