Sweden 1543 2 mark

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11230

This specimen was lot 11230 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,440 (about US$1,501). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Mark, 1543. Svartsjo Mint. Gustav Vasa. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." 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 1543-44. The Svartsjo mint operated 1540-50 only.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 23.67 g, 0.500 fine silver, 40.1 mm diameter, this specimen 23.44 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB73, Delzanno-50; SM-182; Bruun-11463.

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)40 2 öre, Västerås mint
• 1541 mark, Svartsjo mint
• (15)43 2 öre
• (15)43 daler
• 1544 ½ mark, Svartsjo mint
• 1544 mark, Svartsjo mint
• 1544 daler
• Coins and currency dated 1543