Sweden Coins: Type Collecting

Sweden Coins: Type Collecting - One Riksdaler

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1792-1797

29.36 grams, 0.878 silver; portrait varies.

1801-1807

1812-1814

Redesigned obverse and reverse.

1814-1818

"NORR" added to obverse legend.

1818-1827

King Carl XIV Gustav; weight slightly reduced to 29.25 grams.

1821

300 years of political and religious freedom.

1827

Reverse shows coat of arms and crown.

1827, 1829

Around coat of arms is now nine angel heads, instead of seven.

1831-1842

1 Riksdaler Species (1R. Sp.). Weight increased to 34 grams, 0.75 silver.

1842-1843

Reverse coat of arms with just three crowns.

1844-1845

King Oscar.

1845-1855

Size of King's head reduced.

1857

1 Riksdaler Riksmynt; weight reduced to 8.5 grams, 24.9 mm diameter, 0.75 silver.

1860-1871

King Carl XV.

1873

King Oscar II.

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References:
- Myntkalendar 1981, by Raoul Örtendahl, 1980.
- 1994 Standard Catalog of World Coins, by Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler, 1993.
- Standard Catalog of World Coins - 18th Century, by Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler, 1997.

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