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2 Öre - Oscar II
| Issuer | Stockholm Mint |
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| Year | 1906-1907 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the royal cipher of King Oscar II — an ornate interlaced monogram surmounted by a large Swedish royal crown rendered in high relief. The cipher is framed by elaborate baroque-style scrollwork and foliate ornaments. The legend SVERIGES VÄL (meaning 'The Welfare of Sweden') arcs along the upper rim in raised Latin lettering. A small mint mark appears at the base of the design beneath the monogram. The overall composition is bold and heraldic in character, engraved by Adolf Lindberg. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Oscar II died in December 1907, making this a transitional issue produced across the final two years of his reign. The Stockholm Mint would have retooled almost immediately for his successor Gustaf V, meaning the 1907 strikings were among the last preparations before a full die change. Bronze minor coinage of this period circulated hard in Sweden and survivors in anything above Fine are genuinely scarce relative to mintage figures.