Sweden 1631 ore

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 11036

This specimen was lot 11036 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €69 (about US$80). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Öre, 1631. Säter Mint. Gustav II Adolf. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This denomination was struck in billon and copper from numerous mints. This type is listed for 1627-31 and is common in low grade. The death of Gustavus Adolphus in 1632 completely disrupted Swedish dreams of becoming a Great Power.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, 28.3 g, 41 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-115; SM-172; Delzanno-236; Bruun-11851a.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

Links to:

• 1629 fÿrk (¼ öre)
• MDCXXIX (1629) copper öre, Säter mint, crossed arrows reverse
• MDCXXIX (1629) copper öre, Nyköping mint, griffin reverse
• MDCXXX (1630) copper öre, Säter mint
• MDCXXXI (1631) riksdaler
• MDCXXXII (1632) kreuzer
• MDCXXXII (1632) riksdaler
• 1633 billon öre
• Coins and currency dated 1631