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2 Öre - Gustaf V
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Sweden |
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| Year | 1909-1950 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the intertwined royal cypher of King Gustaf V — two interlaced script 'G' and 'V' initials in an ornate, cursive monogram — occupying the central field. The monogram is surmounted by the Swedish royal crown, rendered in fine detail with jewelled arches and a cross at the apex. The date is split across the lower field on either side of the monogram. The circular legend around the periphery reads 'MED FOLKET FÖR FOSTERLANDET' (With the People for the Motherland), separated by a small cross ornament at the top. |
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| Obverse lettering | MED FOLKET FÖR FOSTERLANDET (Translation: With the People for the Motherland) |
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Sweden's 2 öre bronze ran continuously through two world wars, and the alloy composition tells the real story of those decades. During both conflicts, copper supplies tightened enough to push Swedish mint authorities into periodic reviews of the coinage program, though Sweden's neutrality spared the series from the outright wartime substitutions — iron, zinc, ersatz alloys — that gutted the coinages of combatant nations. The series survived intact in bronze throughout.
Gustaf V reigned 43 years, the longest of any Swedish monarch to that point, dying in 1950 — the final year of this type's production.