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1 Riksdaler Specie - Oscar I large head
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1844-1845 |
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| Weight | 34 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of King Oscar I facing right, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detailing characteristic of mid-19th century Swedish coinage. The king's hair is styled in swept natural waves, with a prominent sideburn and strong classical profile. A circular legend surrounds the effigy along the inner border, with fine milled denticles visible at the rim. The field is smooth and deeply struck, lending the portrait a sculptural, medallic quality. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Oscar I ascended the Swedish throne in 1844, and this short two-year type reflects the early portrait commissioned for his coinage before a revised, smaller effigy was adopted. The "large head" designation is not informal — it distinguishes a documented die variety from its successor, and the two types are catalogued separately precisely because the transition happened mid-production rather than at a clean year boundary.
The Riksdaler Specie itself was a high-denomination silver coin tied to the older specie standard, increasingly awkward alongside Sweden's gradual drift toward decimal currency — a reform that would arrive in 1873 with the adoption of the Krona.