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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7541475, member: 89314&quot;]COINS OF GUSTAV II ADOLF (1611-32)</p><p><br /></p><p>An outstanding military commander, Gustavus Adolphus intervened in the 30 Years&#039; War in Germany on the Protestant side. Although he was killed at the Battle of L<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">ützen</span></a> in 1632, he left Sweden in possession of large territories in Germany and helped determine the political and religious balance of power in Europe. He also left Sweden financially stretched. He was formally and posthumously given the name <i>Gustavus Adolphus the Great</i> by the Riksdag in 1634. </p><p><br /></p><p>Gustav II Adolf introduced copper coinage. The copper mine in Falun produced about 2/3 of Europe&#039;s copper at this time. According to Tingström (<i>Swedish Coins 1521-1968</i>), the government wanted to use the copper and, by reducing exports, push up the price. The early coins were quickly struck hammered klippings. When they were first issued the copper price was high versus silver and the base price for the issue, 150 daler per <i>skeppund</i> (136 kg) proved too optimistic. The value of the copper coins quickly fell in relation to silver. During the second half of the 1620s there were in effect two parallel monetary standards, daler, mark and öre silver money and daler, mark and öre copper money. This would continue until 1776. </p><p><br /></p><p>Copper 1/2 Öre Klippe 1625&nbsp; Nyköping mint[ATTACH=full]1301712[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301713[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Copper 1 Öre Klippe&nbsp; Säter mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301714[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301715[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Copper 2 Öre Klippe 1626&nbsp; Säter mint[ATTACH=full]1301716[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301717[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>4 Mark 1615</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301725[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Riksdaler 1632</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301727[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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