5 Öre - Oscar I Pattern strike, Type I

Oscar I came to the Swedish throne in 1844 with genuine ambitions for monetary reform, and the pattern strikes of the early 1850s were part of a broader push to rationalize the riksdaler system before it was ultimately decimated coinage was standardized. This Type I designation distinguishes it from later pattern iterations produced during the same trial period, suggesting the mint worked through at least two distinct design or specification approaches before the circulating type was settled.

The copper-tin-zinc alloy used here mirrors the contemporary skilling banco coinage rather than the later pure copper adopted for circulating öre pieces after the 1855 reform.