Catalog
10 Kronor - Carl XVI Gustaf
| Issuer | Sveriges Riksbank |
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| Year | 2001-2009 |
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| Thickness | 2.87 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Myntverket, Eskilstuna, Sweden (1975-2008) Mint of Finland (Suomen Rahapaja), Vantaa, Finland (2008-2009) |
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| Additional information |
Nordic gold — the alloy developed by Scandinavian mints in the early 1990s — was adopted partly to frustrate counterfeiters and partly because its warm color allowed Sweden to maintain the visual continuity of a gold-toned coin without the cost or political difficulty of actual gold. The 10 kronor had been a silver coin for much of the twentieth century; this version marked a definitive break from that tradition.
The series ran through Sweden's prolonged debate over euro adoption, a referendum Sweden rejected in 2003.