2 Rundstück - Carl XI Trial strike

Reval — present-day Tallinn — was under Swedish rule from 1561, and its municipal coinage operated under licenses granted by the Swedish crown. This trial strike in gold dates to the reign of Karl XI, who came to power in 1660 as a minor under regency; by 1665 the city was producing pattern pieces as part of the ongoing negotiation between local monetary prerogatives and Stockholm's centralizing ambitions. The gold striking of what would normally be a base-metal denomination signals this was never intended for circulation — almost certainly a presentation piece or die approval submitted to the crown.