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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1177497, member: 6229"]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: darkorange">Sweden's 500th Anniiversary of Riksdag Silver Coin:</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">What is Riksdag?</font></font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">The <b>Riksdag</b> (officially Swedish : <i>Sveriges riksdag</i>) is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. <i>Riksdag</i> is the direct Swedish equivalent of the German <i>Reichstag</i>. In the Swedish Constitution, the word is written with a lower-case "r", thus marking that it is actually not a name of the parliament, but that it is just "the parliament". The Riksdag was established in 1435.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Since my main collection of coinage consists of silver coins of the world bearing my birthyear (1935), I have one. It's a Five Kronor piece.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">The coin measures 36mm, weighs in at 0.7234 ounces ASW, and 663,819 were struck for circulation. It bears a <b>G </b>on the obverse. It is not, per se, a mint mark , but is the initial identifiing the mint official responsible for the production of coinage from 1927 through 1945 (Alf Grabe). </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Because it celebrates the 500th anniversary of such an historical event, I thought you might like to know about it and see some photos of it (courtesy of Coin Page):</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><b><u>Swedish 1935 G Five Kronor - Obverse Gustaf V:</u></b></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><b><u></u></b></font></font></font></font><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></font></u></b></p><p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"></font></font></font></font></u></b><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5416.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5416.html" rel="nofollow"><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5416.html</span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></u></a></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><b><u>Swedish 1935 G Five Kronor - Reverse 500th Anniversary of Riksdag:</u></b></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><b><u></u></b></font></font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"></font></font></font></font><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5417.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5417.html" rel="nofollow"><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5417.html</span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></u></a></p><p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></u></b></p><p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"></font></font></font></font></u></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed this bit of Trivia.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Clinker</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"></font></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1177497, member: 6229"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=darkorange]Sweden's 500th Anniiversary of Riksdag Silver Coin:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=darkorange][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]What is Riksdag?[/FONT] [/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]The [B]Riksdag[/B] (officially Swedish : [I]Sveriges riksdag[/I]) is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. [I]Riksdag[/I] is the direct Swedish equivalent of the German [I]Reichstag[/I]. In the Swedish Constitution, the word is written with a lower-case "r", thus marking that it is actually not a name of the parliament, but that it is just "the parliament". The Riksdag was established in 1435. Since my main collection of coinage consists of silver coins of the world bearing my birthyear (1935), I have one. It's a Five Kronor piece. The coin measures 36mm, weighs in at 0.7234 ounces ASW, and 663,819 were struck for circulation. It bears a [B]G [/B]on the obverse. It is not, per se, a mint mark , but is the initial identifiing the mint official responsible for the production of coinage from 1927 through 1945 (Alf Grabe). Because it celebrates the 500th anniversary of such an historical event, I thought you might like to know about it and see some photos of it (courtesy of Coin Page): [B][U]Swedish 1935 G Five Kronor - Obverse Gustaf V: [/U][/B][/SIZE][B][U][/u][/b][/FONT][B][U][/u][/b][/SIZE][B][U][/u][/b][/FONT][B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/u][/B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][/size][/font][/size][/font][/U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5416.html"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5416.html[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4] [B][U]Swedish 1935 G Five Kronor - Reverse 500th Anniversary of Riksdag: [/U][/B][U][/U][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5417.html"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5417.html[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL] [B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][/size][/font][/size][/font][/U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Hope you enjoyed this bit of Trivia. Clinker [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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