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1 Ungersk Gyllen - Johan III
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1569-1573 |
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| Value | 1 Goldgulden (2.5) |
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| Obverse lettering | IOHANN • 3 • D • G • REX • SVECIE ° (Translation: Johann III Dei Gratia King of Sweden) |
| Reverse description | Quartered shield bearing the Greater Arms of Sweden — alternating fields of three crowns and the lion passant — with an inescutcheon displaying the Vasa sheaf Arms at center. The date is divided to either side of the shield. The entire heraldic composition is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the royal motto inscribed as a continuous legend in the outer field. |
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Johan III struck these gold gulden-weight pieces early in his reign partly to project royal credibility — he had seized the Swedish throne from his own brother Erik XIV in 1568, imprisoning him, and needed the symbolic weight of high-denomination gold coinage to signal legitimate authority abroad. The "Ungersk Gyllen" denomination itself signals a deliberate alignment with Hungarian gold florin standards, widely trusted in northern European trade circuits of the period.
Surviving examples are rare. The five-year window covers a turbulent consolidation period, and production was never large.