In the early 1950s, Kungliga Myntet investigated iron as a wartime-legacy material for low-denomination coinage, though Sweden had already struck iron coins during the metal shortages of the 1940s. This 1951 pattern was part of a broader evaluation that ultimately went nowhere — bronze remained the production material for the 2 öre through the rest of Gustaf VI Adolf's reign.
In the early 1950s, Kungliga Myntet investigated iron as a wartime-legacy material for low-denomination coinage, though Sweden had already struck iron coins during the metal shortages of the 1940s. This 1951 pattern was part of a broader evaluation that ultimately went nowhere — bronze remained the production material for the 2 öre through the rest of Gustaf VI Adolf's reign.