E-auction 358-271983 - fwo_465510 - SWEDEN 1/2 Skilling Charles XIV 1819

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Estimate :	30 €
Price :	8 €
Maximum bid :	8 €
End of the sale :	24 February 2020 16:56:00
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 1/2 Skilling Charles XIV

Date: 1819

Quantity minted : 1264000

Metal : copper

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,26 g.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

KM.19/596

Obverse

Obverse legend : FOLKETS KARLEK MIN BELONING.

Obverse description : Monogramme couronné.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 1/2 SKIL-LING / 1819.

Reverse description : Deux flèches en croix.

Commentary

Dernier roi règnant de la maison d'Holstein-Gottorp, Charles XIII n’a pas d’héritier et adopte en 1810 le maréchal d’Empire Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte. A sa mort en 1818, ce dernier lui succède sous le nom de Charles XIV Jean de Suède.
The last reigning king of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, Charles XIII had no heir and adopted Marshal of the Empire Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte in 1810. Upon his death in 1818, the latter succeeded him under the name Charles XIV John of Sweden.