Sweden 1633 2 riksdaler Dav-LS585

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1246

This specimen was lot 1246 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €36,000 (about US$39,895 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Beautifully Lustrous and Peripherally Toned 2 Riksdaler, SWEDEN. 2 Riksdaler, 1633. Stockholm Mint. Gustav II Adolf. NGC MS-62. Sometimes attributed to Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany, the obverse of this impressive Double Taler shows the king on a prancing horse, a lovely view of the city of Augsburg in the background, while the reverse shows the royal coat of arms surrounded by an impressive array of 30 smaller coats or arms of Swedish provinces. An unbelievably well preserved specimen dated the year after the king's death, and a coin whose beauty is perhaps only surpassed by its rarity. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex: Alex A. Fröling Collection (Stockholm - 1857) Lot # 239."

This massive piece is more of a funeral medal than a coin. It was issued to mark the death of the hero of the Protestant cause, Gustavus Adolphus, which provoked an outpouring of commemorative coins and medals throughout the Protestant territories.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 56.89 g, silver, 61.2 mm diameter, this specimen 56.77 g.

Catalog reference: KM-156; Dav-LS585; SM-27(22); Delzanno-11; not in Hagander; Bruun auction-783; Bruun-11904.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
• Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• Sweden 1629 fyrk
• 1632 kreuzer, Säter or Nyköping mint
• 1632 riksdaler
• 1633 öre
• Erfurt 1633 thaler, on the death of Gustavus Adolphus
• Erfurt 1633 double thaler, on the death of Gustavus Adolphus
• Wolgast 1633 triple thaler, on the death of Gustavus Adolphus
• (1633-34) riksdaler, Würzburg mint, Axel Oxenstierna
• Coins and currency dated 1633