E-auction 605-577753 - fwo_531775 - SWEDEN 1/6 Skilling Charles XIV 1840

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Estimate :	30 €
Price :	12 €
Maximum bid :	18 €
End of the sale :	18 November 2024 16:50:20
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : 1/6 Skilling Charles XIV

Date: 1840

Quantity minted : 860000

Metal : copper

Diameter : 16 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,55 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

KM.19/639

Obverse

Obverse legend : FOLKETS KÄRLEK MIN BELÖNING.

Obverse description : monogramme couronné de Charles XIV entouré de trois couronnes.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 1/6 / SKILLING / BANCO / 1840.

Reverse description : deux flèches croisées entre deux rameaux.

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.