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1/4 Riksdaler - Kristina Type I
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1640-1641 |
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| Weight | 7.19 g |
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| Reverse lettering | ·SALVATOR·MUNDI·SALVA·NOS·1640· |
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| Mintage | 1640 - - 1641 - - |
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Kristina inherited the Swedish throne at age six following the death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen in 1632, with the realm governed by Axel Oxenstierna's regency council through the Thirty Years' War. By 1640, when this issue was struck, Sweden was financing an enormous military presence across Germany almost entirely through Baltic toll revenues and war contributions extracted from occupied territories. Silver coinage of this period reflects that fiscal strain directly — the riksdaler system was still being rationalized, and fractional denominations were minted inconsistently across these two years, contributing to the distinction between SM#34 and SM#35.