Article on Swedish Emergency Issue Coinage

Hey Folks,

I wrote a small article on a coin I learned about after an impulse purchase off eBay. Enjoy! https://www.coinzip.com/articlesPag...2ALx9DReKXjd1bMu_bwXQ1QiCin8N_bj5p2Fl5pMHn0GE

 

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Nice & informative write up & history lesson!

 

Thanks for the article. I actually have one coin from this era, so now I know some of the context. The obverse is very worn, but has a female figure in front of an anchor and the inscription "hoppet" (hope). Here's a link to one in better condition.

 

Great write-up! I note that the extreme cold and scorched earth policy should have been a history lesson to at least two armies later on...

And Charles XII was killed by a projectile (arrow? stone?) while inspecting the trenches. Yes, in the good old days the civil authority went out with the troops. I still think that it is a great idea but the capture of Napolean III at Sedan pretty much put an end to that line of thinking.

Back on subject, the coins are interesting in their own right, but the overstrike was well worth pointing out.

 

Awesome! Looks like yours survived being overstruck. Perhaps that's because it was heavily circulated beforehand. I'm happy to provide context for the coin; I bet it has a history all in its own. if only coins could talk!

I'm glad you enjoyed the article. It seems no one learned from the perils of scorched earth and invading Russia.

One of the issues with the leader being killed in battle was that it almost immediately initiated a conflict at home for succession. Many conscripts and mercenaries would simply quit fighting, while loyalists would hurry home to take a side. What's the point of fighting this foreign war if you might return home to a king who doesn't want you?

 

Informative article. My previous reading on this area has been from the side of Peter the Great. This provides a different perspective.

It is contributors who make the effort to research and present information such as this that make Coin Talk so valuable for me.