Sweden 1646 1/4 riksdaler

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 58494

This specimen was lot 58494 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/4 Riksdaler, 1646. Stockholm Mint. Christina. VERY FINE Details, Plugged. From an Old Brooklyn Collection." This type was struck 1641-46. Some of the 1646 strikes have mintmaster's initials AG and others have the date in Roman numerals. This example, which has neither, is priced as a type coin but is still scarce. The full riksdaler is more often seen.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.19 g, 0.878 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-185; SM-41c.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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• 1642-AG half riksdaler
• 1645 ¼ öre, Säter and Nyköping mint
• 1645 öre, copper, Avesta mint
• 1646-AG riksdaler
• 1647-DK mark
• 1647 4 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1646