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⅙ Skilling - Charles XIV Johan Pattern strike
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1831 |
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| Currency | Riksdaler banco (1830-1855) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Three Crowns of Sweden, the traditional heraldic emblem of the realm, are displayed prominently in the upper field above a two-line inscription. Below the inscription, two crossed palm branches form a decorative element at the base of the design. The date 1831 appears as part of the central legend, identifying this piece as a minting trial or pattern strike. The overall composition is well-centred and cleanly struck. |
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Charles XIV Johan — born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, a French marshal under Napoleon — spent much of his Swedish reign navigating the awkward tension between his foreign origins and the expectations of his adopted kingdom. This 1831 pattern was part of a broader rationalization effort for the copper coinage, though the ⅙ skilling denomination was ultimately not adopted for regular issue, leaving pattern strikes as the only survivors of the proposal.