Sweden 1802 1/12 skilling

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72794

This specimen was lot 72794 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/12 Skilling, 1802. Gustaf IV Adolf. NGC MS-64 Red Brown. A delightful Near Gem, this sharply struck example yields incredible brilliance and rather attractive reddish-brown surfaces." Collecting Swedish coins is complicated by the multiple currency reforms the country underwent, beginning in 1798. The öre and mark were dropped and the skilling, 1/48 of a riksdaler, introduced. The one-twelfth skilling was 1/576 of a riksdaler and the lowest denomination. This type is listed for 1802-05 and 1808. None were struck after 1825.

Recorded mintage: 3,393,000.

Specification: 2.4 g, copper, 20.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-563.

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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

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