My favorite Swedish coins.

Swiss. Silver .835.

 

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Yep, Swiss silver 1CHF. Very well struck example jello, fully struck head and all.

 

I got it at last! This is a 2-kroner coin of the king Oscar II. It was the last 2-kroner Swedish coin that I've searched. And I got it. I'm glad:angelic2:

 

Congratulations, Eugene! May not be a stunning design by itself, but if that was the last "missing piece", great. But judging from the wide variety of coins you have showed us here, you won't have to think very long about what you could try to complete next.

Christian

 

Swedish 1941 Krona

Siberian Man: That is a BEAUTIFUL 1858 5 ore, how much do those weigh? what is the size? I don't have any Swedish Bronzes.... I also really like the 1907 25 ore you posted on the first page of this this thread, I also love the '1872 - 1897' larger silver coin you posted in a different post on the first page... BEAUTIFUL!! I also like the 1907 'Golden Wedding Anniversary' one you posted above on this page, it is so nice..... I hope to get some of those types eventually to add to my collection, I posted most of my nicest Swedish ones on the previous page of this thread. I just love my 1939 2 Kr, its in beautiful shape and just a great looking coin with some interesting toning.

Also congratulations on getting the 1907 2kr, very nice reverse design on the earlier ones, very cool!

Here is a 1941 1 Krona that I have had for a while that I didn't post earlier.... it's toned up pretty much all over. *Note that the second photo of the reverse is off color due to camera problems, the others are fine.
Lastly, I also added another photo of the beautiful reverse of my high grade 1939 2 Kr. I had to take the photo through the coin flip..... It's just so pretty....

 

I collect early Swedish coins, primarily because of interests I have after reading so much about Northern War of 1700-1721. Karl XII was a formidable monarch, and for a small out of the way country - led his army over much of N. Germany, Poland, Ingria, the Baltic Livonia and Courland, then into Russia and Ukraine. Curiously his adversary, Petr I of Russia, wept at news of his passing at battle of Christiana in Norway in 1718 and declared mourning over so great a loss of worthy adversary.



The above coin was minted in 1716, during the reign of Charles XII. During this time Sweden was fighting the Northern War with Russia for control of the eastern Baltic, and Finland. This war was devastating to the Swedish economy and the resultant shortage of funds necessitated a token coinage which was even more unpopular than the plate money. The Government minister whom initiated this token coinage, Baron Georg Heinrich von Goertz, subsequently lost his head, largely because of the financial mess he created in his effort to fund the costly war with Russia.

 

scottishmoney: That is some great info, quite interesting history!
That is a very cool coin(whether it technically counts as a coin or not) it is a beautiful example, nice clear dates on the monogramed stamp of the king on each corner. I have never seen one of those before, thanks for sharing with us.
By the way, I was wondering.... how large is it? Do you have the weight? A very neat piece of history you have there.

 

Very Nice Plate token!!!:thumb:
There a shop that always has an ads in Coin World He want almost 2k for his!
As I said before one very nice token I wish I had one!!
:bow::kewl:

 

2 Daler 1728



In 1718, the reign of Charles XII was ended at a battle in outside of Kristiana in Norway. Charles's sister, Ulrika Eleanora inherited the throne, which subsequently was passed onto her husband, Frederik Duke of Hesse. This particular coin was issued during his reign, which lasted from 1720-51.

The demise of plate money in 1776 basically rendered the money worthless except as scrap metal. The greater majority of these coins were subsequently called in, and sold for scrap. They were useful as ballast, so they were loaded deep into the holds of ships travelling to the Far East, where they were thence unloaded and sold as scrap to merchants in Asia. One such ship travelling to the Far East was sunk in a storm in the 1780's off of South Africa. The "Nicobar" was laden with these coins. Most of the plate money available today came from this shipwreck. Any other, non sea salvage, plate money, such as the two above pieces are now quite scarce.

 

4 Daler 1731



Click on image to see in actual size - it is a monster piece
As ridiculous as the 1 and 2 daler pieces were, the 4 daler plate money is impractically large and heavy. Imagine taking one of these to the market to buy vegetables or cloth. This piece measures an impressive 237 x 241 millimetres and weighs 2946 grammes or 6.5 lbs. As with the others on this page, it is a very challenging piece in an original not shipwreck effected condition.


Generally there is not a whole lot to see on the reverse of plate money - usually devoid of stamps etc. But this particular piece is a bit different in that in a couple of the corners there are traces of stamps that were subsequently rolled over again with the large metal roller they used to roll out the copper for these.

 

Thanks for sharing. My dad who is of Swedish ancestry has collected a lot of Swedish coins and passed them to me. Great pictures.

 

Sure not pocket friendly !!!
A wheel barrow come to mind to getting payed $20.00 Daler's?
Thank for share the size with us that was my next question.
:kewl:

 

Got it few days ago.
50 ore 1961, silver .400, weight - 4,8 g. Ruler - king Gustav VI Adolf. This is the last Swedish silver mintage for an appeal.

 

Really like the 2 Kronur piece, hadn't seen that one before. Here's my 2 Kronur from 1906.

 

2 ore 1573, copper. King Johann III.