Sweden 1721-LC mark

Heritage sale 3037, lot 30758

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 30758 in Heritage sale 3037 (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $1,645. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Frederick I Mark 1721/19-LC MS63 NGC. Appealing in all respects, with lightly toned, highly lustrous surfaces that present fully-raised features throughout. At present time, this is the only certified example of this over-date type." This silver mark was struck in Sweden 1720-21 for king Frederick. One mark was eight öre.

Recorded mintage: 35,000.

Specification: 10.4 g, 0.694 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 384.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3037, featuring the Empire, the Santa Catarina, the Law and the Santa Maria Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

Link to:

• 1720 öre, Ulrika Eleonora, struck over a copper emergency daler
• Sweden 1720 2 daler plate
• 1720-LC mark, Ulrika
• 1720-LC mark, Frederick
• 1720 largesse 2 mark, "SACRVM VIRTVTIS PRAEMIVM" for the king's coronation
• 1720-LC 4 mark, Ulrika Eleonora
• 1720-LC 4 mark, Frederick I
• 1721 4 daler plate
• 1721-LC riksdaler
• 1722-LC 5 öre
• 1722-GZ 2 mark
• 1723 öre
• Coins and currency dated 1721
• return to coins of Sweden