Sweden 1950-TS 50 ore

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 47734

This specimen was lot 47734 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 50 Ore, 1950-TS. Gustaf V. NGC PROOFLIKE-66." This billon fifty öre (KM 817) was struck 1943-50. Another fifty öre (KM 796) was struck in nickel-bronze 1921, 1940-41, 1946-47. This module was also used for the fifty öre of Gustav VI (KM 825), struck 1952-61.

Recorded mintage: 3,353,620.

Specification: 4.80 g, 0.400 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-817.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1948 50 öre
• 1949 2 kronor
• 1950 krona
• 1950 2 kronor
• 1953 öre
• 1961 50 öre
• Coins and currency dated 1950