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PLATE MONEY, 8 daler SM 1659 (Karl X Gustav), Avesta.

Estimate
2 000 000 - 2 200 000 SEK
174 000 - 192 000 EUR
182 000 - 201 000 USD
Hammer price
2 000 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Björn Extergren
Stockholm
Björn Extergren
Head of Consignment and Sales Department, Fine Art. Specialist Antique Furniture, Decorative Arts and Asian Ceramics
+46 (0)706 40 28 61
PLATE MONEY, 8 daler SM 1659 (Karl X Gustav), Avesta.

Copper. 557 x 300 mm. 14,436 kg. A very pleasant specimen, extremely fine. RR (6-10 specimens are in private collections).

Provenance

Ex Dr. Axel Wennergren
Ex P.O. Nordin
Acquired at Ahlström's Coin Auctions in Stockholm, auction 50, 19-20 November 1994, lot 153.
Thence by descent.

Literature

Axel Wahlstedt, De stora plåtmynten. Numismatiska Meddelanden XXV, 1930.
Ahlström, Almer, Hemmingsson, Sveriges mynt 1521-1977, Stockholm 1976, SM 45.
Bertel Tingström, Plate money, The world's largest currency, Stockholm 1986.

More information

Plate money constitutes the world's largest struck coins. The highest denomination, 10 daler SM 1644-1645, weighs 19,7 kg and only two specimen is known in private possession. In practice the 8 daler SM coin, weighs 14,5 kg and struck between 1652 and 1682 (13 different years), is the largest denomination available to a collector. In all there are ca 40 specimens known from 1659 of which 6-10 specimens are in private collections.