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This specimen was lot 11234 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,140 (about US$1,188). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Sweden|SWEDEN]]. 1/2 Mark, 1549. Svartsjo Mint. Gustav Vasa. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Test mark on obverse edge at 9 o'clock. Rare date with alluring tone. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." Gustav Vasa permanently separated Sweden from Denmark-Norway and ended the Kalmar Union. His reign is considered the beginning of modern Swedish history. Among other reforms, he made one daler = four mark = 32 öre. This type is listed for 1544-49. The Svartsjo mint operated 1540-50 only.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.<br />
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''Specification:'' 5.25 g, 0.500 fine silver, 26-30 mm diameter, this specimen 5.91 g. <br />
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''Catalog reference:'' KM MB66.2, Delzanno-128; SM-203; Bruun-11489. <br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' <br />
* Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, ''Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden.'' Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.<br />
* Delzanno, Roberto, ''Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen'', Stockholm, 2021.<br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.<br />
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''Links to:''<br />
* [[Sweden 1545 mark|1545 mark, Svartsjo mint]]<br />
* [[Sweden (15)46 2 ore|(15)46 2 öre, Svartsjo mint]]<br />
* [[Sweden 1556 mark|1556 mark]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1549]]<br />
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