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Latest revision as of 11:16, 30 March 2025
This specimen was lot 31748 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $499.38. The catalog description[1] noted, "Gustaf I Vasa Ortug (15)30, Stockholm mint, AU50 NGC. A highly appealing example with subtle light gray toning and excellent details including a bold date, expressed as '30' on this variety. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman / B.G. Johnson." One mark was eight öre or three ortugar. Several different designs were used on this denomination in 1530; this one has as "S" on a shield. Wikipedia comments,
"Örtug or ortig was a medieval currency unit in Sweden. It was originally minted as a silver coin in 1370 during the reign of king Albert of Sweden. The coin weighed about 1.3 grams and consisted of 81% silver. As time passed, the örtug was debased: during the reign of Eric of Pomerania, the örtug contained 0.88 grams of silver; under Christian I, 0.7 grams; and in 1534 only 0.54 grams of silver. During the reign of Gustav Vasa (1523–1560), the monetary system of Sweden was reformed: an örtug was now subdivided into 12 pennings, not 8 as before, while still valued as one third of an öre."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.73 g, 0.313 fine silver, 20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: SM-61a.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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