What Kind Of Coin Is This? Identified: 2 Ore From Sweden

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kaikun2001 Valued Member Sweden 83 Posts	Posted 12/30/2016 6:04 pm * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 12/30/2016 6:19 pm It is a 2 Ore from Sweden. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
kaikun2001 Valued Member Sweden 83 Posts	Posted 12/30/2016 6:20 pm interesting Thanks! Spence Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 12/30/2016 6:32 pm No prob. The difficult part is the name Sweden doesn't appear all written out. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
kaikun2001 Valued Member Sweden 83 Posts	Posted 12/30/2016 6:37 pm most coins usually have their home country written on their coins Edited by kaikun2001 12/30/2016 6:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 12/31/2016 04:51 am Perhaps one of our Scandinavian members can confirm, but I think that the SM in the obv inscription stands for something like "Svenska mynta". "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
zypronix New Member Sweden 47 Posts	Posted 12/31/2016 08:50 am SM stands for "Silvermynt" - Silver Coin, not that it is in silver but its value =) A F S G V R = ADOLPHUS FRIDERICUS SVECORUM GOTORUM VANDALORUMQUE REX (Adolf Fredrik svearnas, göternas och vendernas konung) - King Adolf Fredirk Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 12/31/2016 09:15 am Ok thanks @zypronix! Can you help us to understand why Sweden didn't evidently put the name of the country on its coinage during this time? Was the coat of arms sufficient? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
X2an Pillar of the Community Sweden 1078 Posts	Posted 12/31/2016 10:03 am Quote: SM stands for "Silvermynt" - Silver Coin, not that it is in silver but its value Good to know is that there were two similar currencies in use at the time, one was the already-mentioned SilverMynt (Silver coin), of which lower denominations were issued in copper, although the coins were fairly big. The other currency was the copper-based version of the currency - KM KopparMynt (Copper coin) These coins were smaller in size compared to their denominations. Quote: Can you help us to understand why Sweden didn't evidently put the name of the country on its coinage during this time? Tecnically, it is there, but abbreviated. The locations abbreviated in the title of the Monarch is the "country", all of which being parts of Sweden today. Compare the "hidden" country name to that of UK coins, both modern and older. Most of which have the name of the country included in the ruler's title, either abbreviated or fully written-out. The crossed arrows is a reoccuring theme in older Swedish copper coins and is something to look for when identifying coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 12/31/2016 10:10 am Ok then the letters SGV on the rev inscription (SVECORUM GOTORUM VANDALORUMQUE) were telling the user that the coin was Swedish. It helped to know Latin I guess! I agree about the crossed arrows being a common theme. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
kaikun2001 Valued Member Sweden 83 Posts	Posted 01/01/2017 08:50 am Happy New year and thanks for all the help I never knew it was a swedish 2 ore coin Report this Post to the Staff
lawest Pillar of the Community United States 1998 Posts	Posted 01/01/2017 08:55 am Here is a nice web site to check out http://www.coinsbook.net/coins/copp...weden-km-461 Report this Post to the Staff
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