Sweden 1832-CB 1/4 riksdaler

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11424

This specimen was lot 11424 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €145 (about US$151). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/4 Riksdaler, 1832 - CB. Stockholm Mint. Karl XIV Johan. NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1830-36 along with an eighth, half and one riksdaler. The Swedish coinage was reformed in 1798, 1830, 1855 and 1873.

Recorded mintage: 522,113, a slightly better date.

Specifications: 8.52 g, 0.750 fine silver, 24.6 mm diameter, lettered edge; this specimen 8.43 g.

Catalog reference: KM-627; Delzanno-57; SM-80; Bruun-13344.

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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[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.

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