Sweden 1682 2 mark

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 1600

This specimen was lot 1600 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $188. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN: Karl XI, 1660-1697, AR 2 mark, 1682. A first rate example of the type with minimal wear, lightly conserved, NGC graded AU55." Early two mark (KM 23) were 9.87 g, .821 fine; later types of 1638-48 were heavier but lower in fineness, containing about the same amount of silver. The subsequent issues of the 1660's were 10.40 g, .694 fine silver. This type of 1677-97 is fairly reasonable in circulated condition.

Recorded mintage: 153,000.

Specification: 10.40 g, .694 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-282.1.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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.
• Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

Link to:

• 1681 4 öre
• 1681 2 mark
• 1682-DF 4 öre
• Sweden 1683 1/2 daler, plate
• 1683-DF 4 mark
• 1683 ducat
• 1688-AS 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1682
• return to coins of Sweden