Sweden 1711-LC 4 mark

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 46107

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 46107 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 4 Mark, 1711-LC. Karl XII. PCGS AU-53 Gold Shield. A sharply struck coin with pleasing gray to dark gray toning, and some patches of brighter luster in the protected areas." This type was struck 1708-16 and most dates, including this one, are low mintage. This specimen sold for considerably more than catalog value. In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = one mark and 48 öre = one riksdaler so this coin, a four mark, was two-thirds of a riksdaler.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 20.80 g, 0.694 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-337.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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