Sweden 1997-B 1000 kronor
This specimen was lot 74669 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1000 Kronor, 1997-B. Eskilstuna (Royal Swedish) Mint. Carl XVI Gustaf. NGC MS-68. Commemorating the 600th Anniversary of the Kalmar Union. A stunning example, this specimen presents portraits of the king and queen set apart from the mirrored fields with a frosty overall appearance." Wikipedia comments,
"The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then including much of present-day Finland), and Norway, together with Norway's overseas colonies (then including Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland)."
Recorded mintage: 15,000.
Specification: 5.8 g, 0.900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter, 0.1678 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-106; KM-891.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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