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Ancient? Coin With 3 Crowns | Swedish

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I inherited it in a bag of foreign coins - any ideas?

Front - Ancient?-Coin-With-3-Crowns-|-Swedish


Back - Ancient?-Coin-With-3-Crowns-|-Swedish
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 Posted 03/12/2009  04:47 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Peter THOMAS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
G'day,
the "three crowns" symbol is a feature of Swedish heraldry.
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_o...ms_of_Sweden

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Thank you! It does indeed look like a Swedish 1/4 Ore, ~1635-1660.
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Yes--definitely issued by Sweden. Can you read a denomination? Good eyes.
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Yea, your coin is Swedish. To compare, here is one Swedish 1/4 öre from my collections:

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 Posted 03/26/2009  6:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chequer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Eero, that's a beauty! and
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Chequer, thank you! Yea, I love this coin - the dark patina, the rich details and it's pretty well minted too (centered and no die rotation).
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I agree--very nice coin and well-photographed.
I'm unfamiliar with the motif on the shield--do you know about it? Thanks
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Thank you DVCollector! :)

The wheat sheaf in the shield? I don't know, but I guess it has to do with harvest and is a symbol of wealthy. But I'm not sure.
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