1852 Swedish 1/32 Riksdaler Coin - 480,000 Mintage - King Oscar I - Great for Birthdays, Collections

This listing is for the photographed 1852 Swedish 1/32 Riksdaler Coin.

The obverse reads “OSCAR SVERIGES NORR. G. O. V. KONUNG”, meaning roughly “Oscar, King of Sweden, Norway, the Goths and the Wends.” The reverse is the unusual fractional denomination 1/32 R:DR SP.  The riksdaler specie was essentially Sweden's full-value silver currency. The tiny 1/32 denomination was intended for everyday small transactions, making this a low-value piece of circulating money rather than a commemorative coin. It contains 75% silver and weighs about 1 gram.  The 1852 issue was struck at the Stockholm Mint, with a recorded mintage of 480,000 pieces. The A.G. on the reverse refers to F. Alexander Grandinson, the mint master at Stockholm from 1838–1855.

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1852 Swedish 1/32 Riksdaler Coin - 480,000 Mintage - King Oscar I - Great for Birthdays, Collections