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6 Mark - Karl IX Coronation of Karl IX
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1610 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of Karl IX facing right, rendered in the mannered portrait style typical of early 17th-century Swedish coinage. The Hebrew tetragrammaton representing 'Jehovah' appears in radiate glory above the crown. The peripheral Latin legend encircles the effigy within a beaded inner border, interrupted by bullet and cross stops. The flan shows the characteristic irregular shape of hammered gold coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | The crowned arms of Göteborg — depicting a rampant lion holding a sword — set within an ornate cartouche and an inner beaded circle. The date 1610 appears in the left field outside the cartouche, while the denomination and currency name are rendered in the peripheral Latin legend with bullet and cross stops. The overall composition reflects the heraldic engraving conventions of early Vasa-dynasty Swedish commemorative gold coinage. |
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Karl IX was crowned at Uppsala Cathedral in March 1607 — unusually late, as he had already ruled as regent and then de facto king for years, having deposed his nephew Sigismund III in 1599 after a war rooted in Sigismund's Catholicism. The coronation coinage was struck to mark that belated legitimization, though pieces dated 1610 post-date the ceremony by three years, likely reflecting continued commemorative striking rather than immediate issue.
Surviving examples in any condition are genuinely rare. The Ahlström reference catalogs very few auction appearances across the twentieth century.