2 Öre - Karl IX Struck on square flan

Karl IX's klippmynt issues of 1610 were emergency-adjacent coinage, struck on square-cut planchets as a deliberate policy rather than a shortage workaround — Sweden used the klipp format extensively during periods of monetary stress, and 1610 fell squarely within Karl's difficult consolidation of power following his deposition of Sigismund in 1599. The decade between that coup and this coin's minting was marked by war with both Poland and Denmark simultaneously.

KM#51 is among the scarcer of Karl's klipp denominations. He died in October 1611, leaving Gustav II Adolf to inherit both the wars and the mint.