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3 Mark - Johan III Type I
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1590 |
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| Value | 3 Marks (¾) |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA * NOVA * REGIS * SVECIE (Translation: New coin of the King of Sweden) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Johan III's 3 Mark coinage was struck during a reign defined by his fierce liturgical ambitions — his attempted reconciliation with Rome through the so-called "Red Book" liturgy alienated both Swedish Lutherans and the Pope simultaneously, leaving him politically isolated by the time this piece was minted. The billon standard itself reflects chronic fiscal strain: Sweden's silver supply was increasingly committed to military expenditure along the Russian and Polish frontiers.
The Type I designation distinguishes this emission from later die modifications introduced within Johan's reign. SM#52 remains one of the thinner-documented entries in the Swedish medieval series, with surviving examples concentrated in Scandinavian institutional collections.