Sweden 1815 skilling

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31798

This specimen was lot 31798 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Carl XIII Skilling 1815, MS63 Brown NGC. A large copper type with excellent details and what appears to be red-orange mint luster. Rare when graded mint state. 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. This is the most common date of a type struck 1812-17. The denomination was terminated in 1855.

Recorded mintage: 730,000 for 1814-15.

Specification: 28.3 g, copper, 34 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 585.

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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