View source for Sweden 1763-AL riksdaler specie Dav-1731

[[Image:H3067-32363o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3067, lot 32363]]
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This specimen was lot 32363 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $4,080. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Sweden]]: Adolf Frederick Riksdaler 1763-AL MS64 NGC. Aglow with a handsome cobalt-gray luster, vivid spots of brighter silver peeking through; every detail of the designs perfectly struck up and without wear. Adolf Frederick is known to have been a very weak king, entirely in the shadow of the parliamentary government. However he is perhaps most famous for being the king who 'ate himself to death'; dying in Stockholm in 1771 after consuming a meal of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers, champagne, and 14 helpings of semla, his favourite desert. This Riksdaler represents the single highest certified example of this extremely rare type, and is sure to strongly appeal to collectors of the Swedish numismatic series. Ex. Millennia Collection." In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = 1 mark and 96 öre = 1 riksdaler. This type was struck in several varieties 1751-66 and is reasonably common.

''Recorded mintage:'' 63,000.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 464.2, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1731]], SM-52.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, ''Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden.'' Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
* Delzanno, Roberto, ''Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen'', Stockholm, 2021.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067,'' Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018. 

''Link to:''
* [[Sweden 1753-HM ducat Fr-69|1753-HM ducat]]
* [[Sweden 1754-HM riksdaler specie Dav-1731|1754-HM riksdaler specie]]
* [[Sweden 1762-AL ducat Fr-69|1762-AL ducat]]
* [[Sweden 1763-AL 5 ore|1763 5 öre]]
* [[Sweden 1763-AL 10 ore|1763-AL 10 öre]]
* [[Sweden 1767-AL riksdaler specie Dav-1732|1767 riksdaler specie]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1763]]

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