Sweden 1847 2/3 skilling

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31811

This specimen was lot 31811 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $211.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Oscar I 2/3 Skilling 1847, MS64 Red NGC. Very lightly toned and original with fully lustrous surfaces, a most attractive example and decidedly rare in this certified grade. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." Prior to the reform of 1830, 48 skilling = one riksdaler; after 1830, 128 skilling = one riksdaler specie. As a result the skilling was reduced from 28.3 g to 11.3 g. This is a common date of a type struck 1845-55. The denomination was terminated in 1855.

Recorded mintage: 89,000.

Specification:7.6 g, copper, 24.4 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 663.

Source:

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