Sweden 1949-TS 2 kronor
This specimen was lot 33856 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "Gustaf V Specimen 2 Kronor 1949-TS SP65 PCGS. A lovely Specimen striking with only minute marks and just slightly hazy surfaces which have maintained significant reflectivity." This type was issued 1942-50 and is common in all grades. This represents a debasement from the prior type (KM 787), which was 15 g, 0.800 fine silver.
Recorded mintage: 331,715.
Specification: 14 g, .400 fine silver, .178 troy oz ASW, 31 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 815.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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