Sweden 1737-GZ 5 ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11385

This specimen was lot 11385 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €85 (about US$89). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 5 Öre, 1737 - GZ. Stockholm Mint. Frederik ll. NGC EF-45. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1729-51 in substantial quantities and this is a common date. There is also a 1737-HM which is slightly scarce. Eight öre made a mark and eight mark made a riksdaler.

Recorded mintage: 432,000.

Specifications: 3.51 g, 0.444 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 3.41 g.

Catalog reference: KM-401; Delzanno-136; SM-141; Bruun-12840.

Sources:

• 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, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1731-GZ 5 öre
• 1735-GZ öre
• 1735 4 daler plate
• 1735 half ducat
• 1737-GZ 2 mark
• 1737-GZ riksdaler
• 1738-GZ 5 öre
• Coins and currency dated 1737