Sweden 1601 ore

Heritage sale 3029, lot 30963

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 30963 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $426.53. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Carl (IX) Regent Ore 1601, XF45 NGC. Lightly porous surfaces as is typical for this series but with virtually no wear evident. Very scarce type struck during the Regency of Carl IX while his brother and King, Sigismund III, was ruling in Poland. The obverse features a large Jehovah in Hebrew." This billon coin is listed for 1601-03.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.73 g, 0.250 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 8, SM-23.

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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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