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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1222119, member: 12789&quot;]I collect early Swedish coins, primarily because of interests I have after reading so much about Northern War of 1700-1721.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/sweden/1daler.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The above coin was minted in 1716, during the reign of Charles&nbsp; XII. During this time Sweden was fighting the Northern War with Russia&nbsp; for control of the eastern Baltic, and Finland. This war was devastating&nbsp; to the Swedish economy and the resultant shortage of funds necessitated&nbsp; a token coinage which was even more unpopular than the plate money. The&nbsp; Government minister whom initiated this token coinage, Baron Georg&nbsp; Heinrich von Goertz, subsequently lost his head, largely because of the&nbsp; financial mess he created in his effort to fund the costly war with&nbsp; Russia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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