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Revision as of 10:32, 11 February 2025
This specimen was lot 1262 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €38,400 (about US$42,555 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Lovely Mint State 1727 2 Riksdaler, Only 63 Pieces Struck, SWEDEN. 2 Riksdaler, 1727. Stockholm Mint. Fredrik I. NGC MS-61. Edge lettering: MANIBVS NE LAEDAR AVARIS ("May I not be damaged by avaricious hands"). Mintmaster: Esaias Zedritz, engraver: Daniel Haesling. Mintage: 63. EXCEEDINGLY RARE and so thoroughly engrossing and engaging is this 2 Riksdaler that it leaves one with a sense of wonderment and awe. The impressive heft of the piece is evidence upon handling it, with the rich details being well-applied, with only a few light wisps of weakness. Dusky tone clings to the surfaces, with luster shining through, and flashes of light plum and peach color accenting the overall battleship gray. About as handsome or desirable as any coin to have ever been produced by Sweden, and consequently, near the top of the desirability scale. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."
This type, which may have been struck as a souvenir of a royal progress, used single riksdaler dies (Dav-1722). A 1½ riksdaler is reported to exist (KM 399).
Recorded mintage: est. 63.
Specification: 58.5 g, 0.875 fine silver, 41.5 mm diameter, lettered edge, this specimen 57.96 g.
Catalog reference: KM-400; Dav-1721; SM-58b(56); Delzanno-3; not in Hagander; Bruun Auction-1854; Bruun-12775.
- 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, Stockhlom, 2021.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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