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5 Öre - Charles XI and Charles XII
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1690-1715 |
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| Currency | Second riksdaler (1665-1715) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the interlaced royal cipher of Charles XII — two intertwined letter C's forming a decorative monogram — surmounted by a large Swedish royal crown with arched and jewelled form. The date of issue appears below the monogram. A circular Latin legend reading DOMINVS PROTECTOR MEVS (The Lord is my protector) runs along the periphery, enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This type spans one of the most turbulent stretches in Swedish history — the final years of Charles XI's absolute monarchy and the entirety of Charles XII's catastrophic military campaigns across Europe and Russia. The billon composition reflects deliberate debasement; Sweden's war financing under Charles XII repeatedly strained the coinage, and the Crown leaned on reduced-silver issues to keep currency moving while bullion reserves bled into military expenditure.
Charles XII died at Fredriksten fortress in 1718, and the type ended with him.