Sweden 1837 2 skilling

Goldberg sale 106, lot 2481

This specimen was lot 2481 in Goldberg sale 106 (Los Angeles, September 2018), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Sweden. 2 Skilling, 1837. Carl XIV Johan. Lovely mint state example. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown." In the reform of 1830, the sixth and third riksdalers were dropped for eighth, quarter and half riksdalers. The skilling, formerly 1/48 riksdaler, became 1/128 riksdaler and new one-sixth (KM 639), one-third, half, two-thirds, one, two and four skilling issued in copper. The smallest silver denomination, the 1/32 riksdaler, was three skilling. This type was struck 1835-43.

Recorded mintage: 388,000.

Specification: 18.9 g, copper, 33.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 643.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 106: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.

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