I got this coin from one of the more obscure auction sites. It was advertised as "foreign coin" and listed for $3. The photo was bad, but I could tell it was very old, so I had to snag it. I was able to determine it is a Swedish 2 ore from 1573. I have no idea how much it's worth, but it's now the oldest coin I have and a darn good deal I think. 440 years old! Here's what I used to ID it: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1907&pos=6
Yours is nicer than mine but that's still pretty good. When I was researching it, I looked up New Stockholm, which is written on the coin, and found that there was a Swedish colony in New Jersey in the 1600s with that name, so that was exciting, but I guess this isn't from there, since it's earlier. I would imagine money from that colony, if there was such a thing, would be very rare.
I only sell coins I have duplicates of. I was thinking that it's funny how we worry about how much something is worth when we don't intend to sell it. I think I just like to feel like I made a good deal.
Nice find you have there! I think it's "Moneta Nova" (not "Nova Stockholm") which was common phrase on coins after major changes in monetary system.
That makes sense. When I was trying to figure it out, I couldn't read "moneta" at first so I could make out "Nova Stokholm." Once you know what it's supposed to say it's a lot easier to see it, but some of the letters are pretty obscure. It's nice for me that it's in Latin because I have a better chance of figuring that out than if it was in Swedish.
