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1/2 Skilling - Charles XIV Johan
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1819-1830 |
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| Value | 1/2 Skilling (1⁄96) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned royal cypher of Charles XIV Johan, with the numerals and letters forming the interlaced monogram surmounted by an open crown. Two three-crown devices of Sweden flank the monogram at left and right, with a third placed below. The royal motto forms a continuous legend along the outer rim, rendered in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Reverse description | Two crossed arrows with detailed feathered fletching are prominently displayed in saltire across the central field, their shafts dividing the denomination inscription into two parts on either side of the crossing point. The fractional denomination '1/2' appears in the upper field above the arrows, while 'SKIL-' is inscribed to the left and '-LING' to the right at centre, bisected by the arrow shafts. The year of issue is engraved in large numerals in the lower field below the arrow crossing. A toothed border encircles the entire design. |
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Charles XIV Johan — born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, a French marshal under Napoleon — was elected Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810 and became king in 1818, never fully mastering the Swedish language despite ruling for over two decades. These small copper skillings were among the first coins struck under his name, issued as Sweden's economy struggled to absorb the monetary disruptions that followed the Napoleonic Wars and the forced union with Norway in 1814.
The KM#596 series spans eleven years of production across the Avesta mint, Sweden's primary copper coinage facility, which had been working Dalarna ore since the seventeenth century.