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[[Image:SAlb52-3223.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 51, lot 3223]] | [[Image:SAlb52-3223.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 51, lot 3223]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3223 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $72. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "LIVONIA: Christina, 1632-1654, BI solidus, 1646, Riga Mint, an attractive example, PCGS graded MS62." This type was struck by the city of Riga 1635-54 while under Swedish occupation. It is common. One thaler was 48 solidi or schillings. The city later returned to Polish rule but was contested between [[Poland]], [[Sweden]] and [[Russia]] for the next century, Russia emerging the eventual victor. Riga is today the capital of [[Latvia]]. | + | This specimen was lot 3223 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $72. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "LIVONIA: Christina, 1632-1654, BI solidus, 1646, Riga Mint, an attractive example, PCGS graded MS62." This type was struck by the city of Riga 1635-54 while under Swedish occupation. It is common. Note the "SOLIDVS CIVI·RIG·" on the reverse. One thaler was 48 solidi or schillings. The city later returned to Polish rule but was contested between [[Poland]], [[Sweden]] and [[Russia]] for the next century, Russia emerging the eventual victor. Riga is today the capital of [[Latvia]]. |
''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ''Recorded mintage'': unknown. | ||
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* [[Riga 1646-HW thaler Dav-4595|1646-HW thaler]] | * [[Riga 1646-HW thaler Dav-4595|1646-HW thaler]] | ||
* [[Livonia (16)47 solidus]] | * [[Livonia (16)47 solidus]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1646]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1646]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]] | [[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:02, 4 March 2026
This specimen was lot 3223 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $72. The catalog description[1] noted, "LIVONIA: Christina, 1632-1654, BI solidus, 1646, Riga Mint, an attractive example, PCGS graded MS62." This type was struck by the city of Riga 1635-54 while under Swedish occupation. It is common. Note the "SOLIDVS CIVI·RIG·" on the reverse. One thaler was 48 solidi or schillings. The city later returned to Polish rule but was contested between Poland, Sweden and Russia for the next century, Russia emerging the eventual victor. Riga is today the capital of Latvia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 0.54 g, billon, 15 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-21 (listed under Livonia).
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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