Sweden (15)37 2 ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11227

This specimen was lot 11227 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €2,640 (about US$2,752). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Öre, 1537. Stockholm Mint. Gustav Vasa. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Rare issue with a sharp detailed portrait. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. C. P. Humble Collection (Stockholm-1852) Lot # 297." 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 1536-37.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.29 g, 0.625 fine silver, 23.4 mm diameter, this specimen 2.80 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB51, Delzanno-133; SM-142; Bruun-11450.

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.
• ^[1]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.

Links to:

• (15)34 örtug
• 1534 "Baretten" daler
• 1534 "Kronan" daler
• 1534 "Svärdet" daler
• 1535 "Spiran" daler
• (15)40 2 öre, Västerås mint
• 1541 mark
• (15)43 2 öre
• 1543 2 mark = 16 öre
• Coins and currency dated 1537