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1 Öre - Johan, Duke of Östergötland Vadstena mint, with value
| Issuer | Östergötland, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1611-1617 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the Swedish coat of arms displayed on a shield, divided into quarters bearing three crowns, the heraldic symbol of Sweden. The letters A, G, and R are arranged around the shield, flanking it on left, upper centre, and right respectively, likely referencing the mint or administrative authority. A beaded inner border separates the central device from the surrounding circular legend MONETA·NOVA·REGNI·SVECIÆ, proclaiming this as new coinage of the Kingdom of Sweden. The legend is executed in Roman capitals with dot and floral cross separators. The overall composition is characteristic of the hammered billon issues produced at the Vadstena Mint during the early seventeenth century. |
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Johan, Duke of Östergötland, was a younger son of Karl IX and held his duchy as a semi-autonomous appanage during the early reign of his half-brother Gustaf II Adolf. The right of Swedish dukes to strike their own coinage was a persistent source of tension with the crown, and this particular privilege was curtailed definitively after 1618 — making the Vadstena mint's output a short-lived constitutional anomaly rather than an established tradition.