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| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1856-1859 |
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| Value | 1 Riksdaler Specie = 4 Riksdaler Riksmynt |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway, rendered in high relief with a prominent elongated goatee beard. The truncation of the neck bears the engraver's initials 'L.A.' The surrounding legend is incuse and disposed along the rim, identifying the monarch and his titles. The portrait is executed in a classical neoclassical style, with fine detail in the facial features and hair. |
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| Reverse description | The crowned greater arms of Sweden displayed centrally, featuring the three-crowned shield quartered with the Folkung lion, supported on either side by standing crowned lions rampant. Above the arms, the royal motto is inscribed in an arc. Below the shield, the dual denomination is stated in abbreviated form, followed by a mintmaster's initial, the date, and a mint official's initial. The overall heraldic composition is richly detailed and typical of mid-19th-century Scandinavian coinage. |
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| Mintage | 1856 ST - mintage shared with km# 685 - 775,644 1857 ST - - 483,399 1857 ST - Plain edge - 1859 ST - - 101,082 |
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