v08_1820 - KINGDOM OF NORWAY - CHARLES XIV JEAN BERNADOTTE Speciesdaler 1er type 1821 Kongsberg

KINGDOM OF NORWAY - CHARLES XIV JEAN BERNADOTTE Speciesdaler 1er type 1821 Kongsberg AU

MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 609.80 €
Estimate : 914.69 €
Realised price : 609.80 €

Type : Speciesdaler 1er type

Date: 1821

Mint name / Town : Kongsberg

Quantity minted : 100600

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰

Diameter : 38,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 28,85 g.

Edge : ornée

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire de cette rare monnaie avec une très belle patine gris métallique uniforme. Portrait magnifique avec des boucles de cheveux de haut relief / Infimes traces d'usure et petits plats sur le listel au revers

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.19/871/290 - DP.1046 - SM.328/16 - Dav.240

Obverse

Obverse legend : CARL XIV JOHAN NORGES SVER. GOGV. KONGE..

Obverse description : Tête nue de Charles XIV Jean à droite ; signé M. sur la tranche du cou.

Obverse translation : (Charles XIV Jean roi de Norvège , de Suède et de Gothie).

Reverse

Reverse legend : 1-SPS/ 9 1/4 ST. 1MK F.S./ 18-21/ I.G.P..

Reverse description : Écu couronné aux armes de Norvège.

Historical background

KINGDOM OF NORWAY - CHARLES XIV JEAN BERNADOTTE

(1818-1844)

Jean Bernadotte (26/1/1763-8/03/1844), Marshal of the Empire and husband of Désirée Clary, therefore Joseph's brother-in-law, was elected Prince Royal of Sweden on August 20, 1810. He broke with Napoleon during the Russian campaign and fought it at Leipzig in 1813. In a fortnight, in 1814, it occupied Norway, taken from the Danes with the agreement of the allies. He became King of Sweden and Norway after the death of Charles XIII (1809-1818) on February 5, 1818 and died in 1844. Legend has it that he had "Death to Kings" tattooed on his chest. His son Oscar I succeeded him.