Modern coin – HCR137419

Obverse

Design:

laureate classicising bust, right

Design:

Mercury holding caduceus

Note

Wrongly characterised as an English Conder token online.

Period

Modern

Category

Swedish coin

Group

Swedish emergency issue 1715-1719

Authority

Person

Charles XII, King of Sweden

Dating

1719

Mint

Denomination

1/2 Daler Silvermynt

Metal

copper

Technique

Weight (g)

2.77

Diameter (mm)

20.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1/1960

Source

per Sabin Galleries, London, ex-Beeston Collection

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1960.

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