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2 Mark - Gustav Vasa Svartsjö mint
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1543-1544 |
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| Currency | Daler (1534-1593) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered shield at center, bearing the Three Crowns of Sweden in the first and fourth quarters and the Folkung Lion in the second and third quarters, with a smaller inescutcheon of the Vasa Arms superimposed at the fess point. The shield is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A Latin devotional legend runs continuously around the outer field, interrupted by the mintmark at its conclusion. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gustav Vasa established the Svartsjö mint in the early 1540s as part of a broader effort to centralize Swedish coinage following decades of monetary disorder under the Kalmar Union. The mint operated for only a short window, which keeps surviving examples from this facility scarcer than equivalent Stockholm issues of the same period.
The .500 fineness reflects deliberate debasement policy — Gustav Vasa systematically reduced silver content in his larger denominations throughout the 1540s to fund ongoing military and administrative consolidation of the Swedish state.