Sweden 1799 1/2 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73552

This specimen was lot 73552 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/2 Skilling, 1799. Avesta Mint. Gustav IV Adolf. NGC MS-64 Brown. RARELY encountered so attractive, this delightful near Gem offers deep brown surfaces and a rather solid strike for issue." Prior to the reform of 1830, 48 skilling = one riksdaler. This type has a low catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 763,000.

Specification: 8.50 g, copper, 29.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 569.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The May 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• Sweden 1797-OL riksdaler specie
• Sweden 1800-OL 1/3 riksdaler specie
• 1802 skilling
• 1802 half skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1799