Sweden 1857-ST 2 riksdaler riksmynt

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31011

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 31011 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $470. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Oscar I 2 Riksdaler 1857-ST, AU55 NGC. Lightly toned with strong design features. A very scarce one-year type equal to 1/2 Riksdaler Specie. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." In 1855, the coinage was reformed once again. The skilling and fractional riksdalers were dropped for a quasidecimal system of 100 öre = one riksdaler riksmynt and four riksdaler riksmynt = one riksdaler specie. The two riksdaler is the half dollar equivalent. It was struck 1857 (shown here), 1862-64 and 1871; all dates are scarce to rare.

Recorded mintage: 288,000.

Specification: 17 g, .750 fine silver, 31.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 694.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• ^[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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• 1855 ducat
• 1857 5 öre
• 1857 riksdaler specie
• 1858 ½ öre
• 1860 riksdaler riksmynt
• 1857 ducat
• 1871 2 riksdaler
• Coins and currency dated 1857
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