Sweden 1653 ore KM-153
This specimen was lot 78490 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Ore, 1653. Stockholm Mint. Christina. PCGS EF-45. From the Richard August Collection." This billon öre was struck for queen Cristina 1633-37, 1650 and 1653. Copper öre (KM 162) also exist for 1653. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.
Recorded mintage: 407,417, a common date.
Specification: 1.23 g, 0.375 fine silver, 18.2 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-153.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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