Sweden 1631 riksdaler Dav-4520

Künker sale 264, lot 2024

This specimen was lot 2024 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,098 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"KÖNIGREICH Gustav II. Adolf, 1611-1632. Riksdaler 1631, Sala. Hübsche Patina, kl. Graffiti im Feld der Rückseite, sehr schön. (kingdom of Sweden, Gustavus II Adolphus, 1611-32, riksdaler of 1631, Sala mint. Toned, graffiti in obverse field, very fine.)"

This type of 1631-32 also comes with the date in Arabic numerals (Dav-A4520).

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 29.25 g, .875 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-4520; Ahlström 30 b, KM 143.

Sources:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014
• Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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