Sweden (1652-54) mark
This specimen was lot 11297 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €504 (about US$525). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Mark, ND (1652-1654). Stockholm & Sala Mint. Kristina. NGC XF 45. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: C. P. Humble Collection (Stockholm-1852) Lot # 559." This type, struck just before the queen abdicated and moved to Rome, is only known undated.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 5.20 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 5.04 g.
Catalog reference: KM-182; Delzanno-137; SM-82b; Bruun-12075.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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