Sweden 1720 2 daler

Heritage sale 3089, lot 33239

This specimen was lot 33239 in Heritage sale 3089 (Dallas, TX, January 2021), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Sweden. Frederick I Plate Money 2 Daler 1720 XF/AU, Avesta mint. A first-year issue from Frederick's reign, exhibiting a wonderful clarity and sharpness to the stamps, which show hardly any evidence of doubling. Interestingly, the remnants of a few additional stamps can be seen on the back of the piece. From the Charles J. Opitz Collection." Two daler plates exist struck in the name of Ulrika Eleonora in 1720. This type was struck until 1750 and is among the most common plates.

Recorded mintage: 25,395.

Specification: copper, this specimen 186 x 164 mm. 1485 g.

Catalog reference: KM-PM71, AAH-210, Tingström-Plate 298.

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.
• Bertel Tingstrom, Plate Money, the World's Largest Currency, Stockholm: Royal Coin Cabinet, 1986.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage Auction 3089: NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum & Signature Auction - Dallas, featuring the Cape Coral Collection of European Crowns and the Penn Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2020.

Links to:

• Sweden 1718 3 daler plate
• Sweden 1719 1/2 daler
• Sweden 1719 2 daler
• Sweden 1719 4 daler
• 1720 daler plate, Frederick I
• 1720 mark, Ulrika Eleonora
• 1720 mark, Frederick
• 1720 largesse 2 mark, "SACRVM VIRTVTIS PRAEMIVM" for the king's coronation
• 1720 4 mark, Ulrika Eleonora
• 1720 4 mark, Frederick I
• Sweden 1724 2 daler
• Sweden 1727 4 daler
• Coins and currency dated 1720