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| − | This specimen was lot 11256 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$938). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Sweden|SWEDEN]]. 1/2 Öre, 1600. Stockholm Mint. Karl (IX) Riksföreståndare (1598-1604). NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1600-02 while Karl was lord protector of Sweden, having ousted his Catholic nephew Sigismund. In 1604, Karl would claim the throne for himself as Karl IX. One | + | This specimen was lot 11256 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$938). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Sweden|SWEDEN]]. 1/2 Öre, 1600. Stockholm Mint. Karl (IX) Riksföreståndare (1598-1604). NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1600-02 while Karl was lord protector of Sweden, having ousted his Catholic nephew Sigismund. In 1604, Karl would claim the throne for himself as Karl IX. One riksdaler was 48 öre. |
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Revision as of 09:44, 7 April 2025
This specimen was lot 11256 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$938). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/2 Öre, 1600. Stockholm Mint. Karl (IX) Riksföreståndare (1598-1604). NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1600-02 while Karl was lord protector of Sweden, having ousted his Catholic nephew Sigismund. In 1604, Karl would claim the throne for himself as Karl IX. One riksdaler was 48 öre.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.71 g, 0.203 fine silver, 21.5 mm diameter, this specimen 1.54 g.
Catalog reference: KM-7: Delzanno-34; SM-28; Bruun-11672.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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