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1 Riksdaler Specie - Oscar I small head
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1845-1855 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Oscar I facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair swept back in naturalistic curls. The king's features include a prominent nose, small beard, and sideburns, characteristic of the so-called 'small head' portrait type used from 1845. The circular legend in Latin script runs along the entire rim, separated from the portrait by a plain field. The coin is struck within a toothed (dentilated) border. |
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| Mintage | 1845 AG - mintage shared with km# 661 - 42,768 1846 AG - `GOTH.` - 111,279 1846 AG - `GOTH` without period - 1847 AG - - 59,646 1848 AG - - 185,100 1850 AG - - 69,746 1851 AG - - 121,796 1852 AG - - 54,189 1853 AG - large date - 1853 AG - small date; `GOTH.` - 109,378 1853 AG - small date; `GOTH` without period - 1854 AG - - 33,671 1855 AG - large date and large A.G. - 1855 AG - small date and small A.G. - 160,805 |
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Oscar I ascended the Swedish throne in 1844 following the long reign of his father Karl XIV Johan, the former Napoleonic marshal Bernadotte. The "small head" distinction separates this dies from the larger portrait variant, a modification made during the run of this type — collectors and Swedish specialists treat the two as distinct issues, though they share the same KM number. Davenport's ECT#354 classification places it firmly within the European crown-sized silver series.
The .750 fineness was a deliberate step down from earlier riksdaler specie coinage, reflecting ongoing fiscal pressures on the Swedish treasury in the mid-nineteenth century.