No Clue What This Is | Sweden 1/2 Skilling 1827

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wheatguy Pillar of the Community United States 1534 Posts	Posted 10/08/2009 8:43 pm I mostly collect US coins, and don't have a clue when it comes to world coins, which is why I need help identifying this coin. Its really beat up, and probably doesn't have much value, but I was curious about it. I think the date is 1827 or 1823, it's hard to tell. Thanks. Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

RFB Pillar of the Community United States 532 Posts	Posted 10/08/2009 8:48 pm I will learn along with you but I thought Skillings were Norwegian. I am sure someone will pop in and give exacts on it. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 10/08/2009 8:52 pm The coin is from Sweden, and it looks to be 1/8 Skilling. The other side has the monogram for Carl XIV. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 10/08/2009 9:23 pm There isn't a 1/8 skilling listed in Krause for this period. Unless it's (another) omission in Krause, I'd assume it's a 1/2 skilling. The date, by my reading, is 1827. A 1/2 skilling should be about 30mm diameter. Krause lists two varieties for that date, with and without hyphens at SKIL- -LING. Yours has hyphens, which is the commoner type. It appears to have been bent and warped; that will pretty much minimize it's value. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 10/08/2009 10:55 pm Quote: I'd assume it's a 1/2 skilling The "1/8" was puzzling...that makes more sense to me Edited by DVCollector 10/08/2009 10:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 10/09/2009 02:16 am G'day, quote: "... but I thought Skillings were Norwegian" - Sweden & Norway have a lot of history in common, and for a time, they shared a Monarch. Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 10/09/2009 11:43 am Quote: Sweden & Norway have a lot of history in common, and for a time, they shared a Monarch. Add Denmark to the list, and their rule was once intertwined with Norway and Sweden. Skilling is just another way to write "Shilling", with a similar pronunciation. Report this Post to the Staff
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