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1881-1899


Weight 2.2402 grams, diameter 16 mm, 0.9 gold.

1901


Change to bust of King Oscar II.

1920


King Gustaf V.

1935


500th anniversary of Riksdag (parliament). Weight 25 grams, diameter 36 mm, 0.9 silver.

1952


70th birthday of King Gustav VI Adolf. Weight 22.7 grams, diameter 36 mm, 0.4 silver.

1954-1955,1971


New designs. Weight 18 grams, diameter 34 mm, 0.4 silver.

1959


150th anniversary of constitution.

1962


80th birthday of King Gustav VI Adolf.

1966


100th anniversary of constitution reform.

1972-1973


Switch to copper-nickel. Weight 9.5 grams, diameter 28.5 mm.

1976-1992


New designs for King Carl XVI Gustaf.

1993-


Copper-nickel clad copper.

1995


50th anniversary of the United Nations.

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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.

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