Sweden Coins: Type Collecting

Sweden Coins: Type Collecting - Five Öre

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1702-1715

King Karl XII.
Weight 3.5103 grams, 0.444 silver.

5 Öre 1719

Queen Ulrika Eleonora.

5 Öre 1722

King Frederick I.

5 Öre 1725

5 Öre 1729-1751

5 Öre 1751-1767

King Adolf Frederick.
Coins struck on billon metal (copper, little silver).

1857-1858

Weight 8.5 grams, diameter 28.9 mm, bronze.

1860-1872

King Carl XV.

1873

King Oscar II.

1874-1905

Monetary reform, 1 öre equals 1 krona. Weight 8 grams, diameter 27 mm.

1906-1907

Obverse legend changed.

1909-1916,1919-1942,1950

New designs for King Gustaf V.

1917-1919,1942-1950

Struck in iron, weight 6.94 grams.

1952-1971

New designs for King Gustaf VI Adolf. Weight 8 grams, struck in bronze.

1972-1973

New designs, new size: weight 2.68 grams, diameter 18 mm.

1976-1984

New designs for King Carl XVI Gustaf.

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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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