Sweden 1714-LC 2 mark

Heritage sale 3029, lot 30982

This specimen was lot 30982 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $2,232.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Carl XII 2 Mark 1714-LC, MS64 NGC. A truly remarkable coin with exceptionally sharp design features and nearly full original mint brilliance. Very rare in this elite grade and perhaps the finest we have seen. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." This silver two mark was struck in Sweden 1709-17 in the closing stages of the Great Northern War when Sweden was losing and the government bankrupt.

Recorded mintage: 142,000.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 339.

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.
• ^[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.

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