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8 Daler Silvermynt - Charles XI Type I
| Issuer | Swedish Crown |
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| Year | 1660-1663 |
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| Technique | Cast and Stamped |
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| Obverse description | Large rectangular cast copper plate bearing five applied stamps: a central stamp and four corner stamps. The circular central stamp displays the denomination legend '*8* DALER Sölff:Mnt' (8 Daler Silvermynt) within a dotted border. Each of the four corner stamps bears the royal Latin legend 'CAROLUS·D:G:SVE·GOT·WAND:R' identifying Charles XI by the Grace of God King of Sweden, Goths and Wends, encircling a crowned royal monogram or arms device. The plate surface is heavily oxidized with characteristic patination resulting from prolonged circulation and burial, and the raised frame border of the cast plate remains visible around the perimeter. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROLUS·D:G:SVE·GOT·WAND·R *8* DALER Sölff:Mnt |
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The plate money (plåtmynt) system was Sweden's solution to a fundamental problem: the country had copper in abundance but silver in shortage, so from 1644 onward the Riksbank backed its currency with massive copper plates stamped at face value. An 8 Daler piece required roughly 13 kilograms of metal precisely because copper's value relative to silver demanded it — the coin had to contain its worth by weight. Transporting any meaningful sum was a logistical ordeal; merchants sometimes hired carts.
The Type I designation distinguishes Charles XI's earliest issues, struck in the first years of his nominal reign while Sweden was governed by a regency council following his father's death in 1660. Charles was four years old.