Old Swedish coins.

Slight understatement on size of Swedish coins, and I hope you appreciate I try not to hijack thread, but these are really big pieces you may have to click to see in full size:







Because I have so many projects in numismatics I have not made time to find this 1/2 daler piece which is much more common than above pieces.

 

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Nice.
I saw two of the plate money pieces in a dealer's case at the 2013 FUN show. They are really cool but to own a collection of them I would need a bigger vault. :smile

 

I have several large SDB's, actually my own little section of my bank's vault that I store all my junk in. And I have to go in Monday and get another since I am already running out of room. I just wish the tellers could persuade management that I just need my own vault there.

 

If there what I thinking these are there not put in you pocket types.unless your pocket can hold 2kilos???:devil:

 

Those are awe inspiring. What a chunk of copper! How did they trade those things? I suppose someone must have had to lug them to market.

 

Of course they were used in commerce - but whenever possible people avoided having them however they could. There is an account of a bank robbery where all the money save the plate money was stolen. At the same time these were being made, up to the 1770s, the Swedes were still minting coins in silver and those were preferred over the plate money.

 

Sweden - 1/12 Skilling - 1812 - Carl XIII



Sweden - 1/4 Skilling - 1819 - Carl XIV



Regards,
Martin

 

Øresund Bridge between Copenhagen & Malmo

The Øresund Bridge is a link between Copenhagen DENMARK & Malmo SWEDEN. (I traveled this link between Denmark & Sweden by train a few years ago). According to Wikipedia, the construction of the Øresund Bridge began in 1995, and was finished 14 August 1999. With the two countries now connected by the Øresund, I am posting this frozen date 1771 Danish coin in this Sweden coin thread. :smile

 

I've got it today for 33 $.
King Adolf Frederick I (1751-1771).
2 ore 1765, copper, weight - 28, 3 g., mintage - 5304000 pcs.

 

I like the arrows design.:thumb:

 

I like the crossed arrows design. looks cool. the date is nice too.

 

Carl XIV Johan (1818-1844).
1 skilling 1836, copper. Rather nice coin, I think...

 

Gustaf IV Adolf (1792-1809).
1 skilling 1805. Very big coin (size - 34 mm, weight - 28,3 g).

 

Carl XIV Johan (1818-1844).
1 skilling 1827, copper, weight - 17 g., size - 33 mm, thickness - 2,2 mm, mintage - 504000 pcs. A coins of this type were released at 1819-22, 1825 and 1827-30

 

Carl XIII (1809-1818).
1/2 skilling 1815, copper, weight - 14,2 g., size - 30,5 mm, thickness - 2,3 mm, mintage - 1420800 pcs. A coins of this type were released at 1815-1817.

 

I love my rigsdalers

 

1 daler 1719, copper, weight - 4,3 g., size - 23,6 mm, mintage - 1500000 pcs. Single release only.