Sweden 1716-LC 2 mark

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74704

This specimen was lot 74704 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Mark, 1716-LC. Stockholm Mint. Karl XII. NGC AU-58. This handsome 2 Mark piece exhibits a solid strike with good preservation. The surfaces are toned to a pleasing light mottled gray." This silver two mark was struck in Sweden 1709-17 in the closing stages of the Great Northern War when Sweden was losing and the government bankrupt. The variety shown here has the king's name abbreviated CAROL⁹; other show the usual CAROLVS.

Recorded mintage: 203,000.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-339.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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