Sweden 1752-HM riksdaler specie Dav-1731

Heritage sale 3029, lot 30274

This specimen was lot 30274 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $9,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Bold Design with Quality Surfaces Adolf Fredrik Riksdaler 1752-HM, Stockholm mint, MS66 NGC. A superb piece with incredibly bold design features and pristine surfaces bathed in subtle violet and silvery-gray patina. A remarkable coin in all respects and easily the finest we have seen. Adolf Fredrick was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp and ruled Sweden as a Constitutional Monarch. Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." 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: 23,000.

Specification: 29.25 g, 0.878 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 464.1, SM-42, Dav-1731.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

Link to:

• 1750 riksdaler
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• 1752-HM 4 mark
• 1753 billon öre
• 1753-HM ducat
• 1754-HM riksdaler specie
• Coins and currency dated 1752
• return to coinage of Sweden