Sweden 1720-LC mark KM-384

Sincona sale 87, lot 3093

This specimen was lot 3093 in Sincona sale 87 (Zurich, October 2023), where it sold for 1,300 CHF (about US$1,751 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEDEN, Friedrich I. 1720-1751. Mark 1720, Stockholm. Sehr selten. NGC AU55. Feine Patina. (kingdom of Sweden, Frederick I, 1720-51, mark of 1720, Stockholm mint. Very rare, Nicely toned.)"

This type was struck 1720-21 and is quite scarce.Silver marks were struck for Frederick (shown here) and queen Ulrika (KM 367) in 1720. There is also a mark struck for largesse money on the king's coronation (KM X39). Confusingly, the photo shown in the SCWC is of KM 389.1, a commeorative riksdaler. In 1720, Sweden was conceding defeat in the Great Northern War, surrendering the Baltic provinces to Russia, Bremen and Verden to Hanover, most of Swedish Pomerania to Prussia and recognizing Danish control of Schleswig-Holstein. The state was bankrupt.

Recorded mintage: 24,000 plus 47,000 of KM 367 (Ulrika).

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 384, Delzanno 105, AAH 119.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 87, World Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

Link to:

• 1719-LC 5 öre
• 1719 2 mark
• 1720 daler plate, Frederick I
• 1720 2 daler plate
• 1720 öre, Ulrika Eleonora, struck over a copper emergency daler
• 1720 mark, Ulrika
• 1720 largesse 2 mark, "SACRVM VIRTVTIS PRAEMIVM" for the king's coronation
• 1720 4 mark, Ulrika Eleonora
• 1720 4 mark, Frederick I
• 1721 4 daler plate
• 1721 mark
• 1721 riksdaler specie
• 1722 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1720