Difference between revisions of "Sweden 1815 skilling"
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| − | This specimen was lot 31798 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Carl XIII Skilling 1815, MS63 Brown NGC. A large copper type with excellent details and what appears to be red-orange mint luster. Rare when graded mint state. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." Prior to the reform of 1830, 48 skilling = one riksdaler. This is the most common date of a type struck 1812-17. The denomination was terminated in 1855. | + | This specimen was lot 31798 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Carl XIII Skilling 1815, MS63 Brown NGC. A large copper type with excellent details and what appears to be red-orange mint luster. Rare when graded mint state. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." This specimen was offered again as lot 49445 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $384. Prior to the reform of 1830, 48 skilling = one riksdaler. This is the most common date of a type struck 1812-17. The denomination was terminated in 1855. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 730,000 for 1814-15. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 730,000 for 1814-15. | ||
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This specimen was lot 31798 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carl XIII Skilling 1815, MS63 Brown NGC. A large copper type with excellent details and what appears to be red-orange mint luster. Rare when graded mint state. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." This specimen was offered again as lot 49445 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $384. Prior to the reform of 1830, 48 skilling = one riksdaler. This is the most common date of a type struck 1812-17. The denomination was terminated in 1855.
Recorded mintage: 730,000 for 1814-15.
Specification: 28.3 g, copper, 34 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 585.
- 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]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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