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1 Daler Silvermynt - Charles XII Mercury
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1718 |
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| Currency | Third riksdaler (1715-1719) |
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| Reverse lettering | I. DALER S.M |
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| Mintage | 1718 - - 600,000 |
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The copper daler silvermynt was Sweden's emergency monetary solution to a kingdom bled dry by the Great Northern War. Charles XII, fighting on multiple fronts since 1700, had exhausted the silver reserves that gave the denomination its name — "silver money" struck in copper was the fiscal compromise. The 1718 issues are particularly loaded historically: Charles was killed at the siege of Frederikshald in November of that year, ending both the war and the absolute monarchy his father had consolidated.
KM#361 is one of several distinct daler types from this final campaign year, distinguished by the Mercury privy mark of the Stockholm mint master.