Sweden 1671 2 mark

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 1050

This specimen was lot 1050 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN: Karl XI, 1660-1697, AR 2 mark, 1671, minor reverse flan flaws, lustrous, XF-AU, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This type was struck 1670-77 in substantial quantities and many varieties and is fairly common today. The denomination was written either as "·II· M:" or "2 M", as here. A rare variety exists with the "2" reversed.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.40 g, 0.694 fine silver, 30-30.3 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-242.

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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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• 1670 2 mark
• 1671 öre
• 1673 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1671