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50 Öre - Gustaf V
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1920-1947 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the royal cypher of King Gustaf V of Sweden, composed of an interlaced 'G' and 'V' monogram in large relief at the centre of the field. The monogram is surmounted by a detailed Swedish royal crown. The four-digit date is split to either side of the cypher, with '19' to the left and '24' to the right (year varies by issue). A small mintmaster's mark appears in the lower field. The design is bold and heraldic in style, with no portrait or peripheral legend. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the denomination '50' in large numerals at the centre of the field, with 'ÖRE' inscribed immediately below in capital letters. The central devices are framed by two symmetrical wheat or olive sprigs rising from the base and curving inward to meet at the top, forming an open wreath. The mintmaster's initial ('W', 'G', or 'TS' depending on the year of issue) appears within a decorative scroll cartouche at the base of the wreath. The overall composition is clean and legible, with no surrounding legend. |
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Sweden's shift to nickel brass for this denomination came out of wartime metal pressures — silver had been stripped from smaller Swedish coinage during World War I, and the nickel brass formula represented a pragmatic postwar settlement that outlasted nearly three decades of Gustaf V's reign. The alloy proved durable enough that examples from the early 1920s and those from the final 1947 issues are often difficult to distinguish by wear alone.