Sweden 1690-AS 5 ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11344

This specimen was lot 11344 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 5 Öre, 1690 - AS. Stockholm Mint. Karl XI. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This is the first date of a type struck 1690-1715 in large quantities. It is a slightly better date. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.

Recorded mintage: 1,677,615.

Specifications: 3.51 g, 0.444 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 2.91 g.

Catalog reference: KM-310; Delzanno-294; SM-189; Bruun-12471.

Sources:

• 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.
• 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.

Link to:

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• 1689-AS 2 mark
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• Coins and currency dated 1690