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8 Mark 'Klippingar' - Regency of Johan III and Karl IX
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1568 |
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| Shape | Square (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | I C 6 8 (Translation: I for Johann III and C for Karl IX) |
| Reverse description | Three crowns of Sweden — the traditional tre kronor heraldic charge — are arranged in the familiar two-over-one formation at the centre of the square field, with the numeral 8 to the left and the initial M (for Mark) to the right, together denoting the denomination of 8 Mark. The design is enclosed within a continuous decorative floral and foliate ornamental border following all four sides of the klippe flan, with an inner beaded rim separating the border from the central field. |
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Struck during one of the most unstable moments in sixteenth-century Swedish history, this klippa was produced while Erik XIV was imprisoned following the coup led by his brother Johan III in September 1568. Klippingar of this period were emergency issues, their square or irregular form a direct consequence of the need to produce high-value silver coinage rapidly without the infrastructure for proper round flans.
The regency attribution to both Johan III and Karl IX reflects the political balancing act of the coup's immediate aftermath, before Johan's formal coronation in 1569.