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| − | This specimen was lot 1700 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $999. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SWEDEN. Daler Plate Money, 1712. Carl XII (1697-1712). All stamps present if a bit uneven. All monograms and dates full and legible. VERY FINE." In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = | + | This specimen was lot 1700 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $999. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SWEDEN. Daler Plate Money, 1712. Carl XII (1697-1712). All stamps present if a bit uneven. All monograms and dates full and legible. VERY FINE." In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = one mark and 48 öre = one riksdaler. This type was issued 1710-15 for Carl XII and is rather scarcer than later issues. Millions were made but most were melted down to make other copper or bronze objects. |
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Revision as of 13:56, 10 April 2025
This specimen was lot 1700 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $999. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Daler Plate Money, 1712. Carl XII (1697-1712). All stamps present if a bit uneven. All monograms and dates full and legible. VERY FINE." In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = one mark and 48 öre = one riksdaler. This type was issued 1710-15 for Carl XII and is rather scarcer than later issues. Millions were made but most were melted down to make other copper or bronze objects.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-PM35; AAH-176.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.
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