As promised in my post a few days ago, I'll spend the next few posts talking about my recent silver additions from Sweden.
So, today we have a 1 Krona from 1946, featuring Gustaf the fifth.
Just look at his ugly fat nose, lol
Here's some quick info about him from Wikipedia:
Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 to his own death nearly 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden and the third-longest rule, after Magnus IV and Carl XVI Gustaf. source and more info
Around his ugly mug, the coin reads "GUSTAF·V·SVERIGES·KONUNG MED·FOLKET·FÖR·FOSTERLANDET. EL.TS" for "Gustaf V King of Sweden With the People for the Motherland"
Ok, let's see the other side of the coin
Here we have the value of the coin, the minting date and the Swedish coat of arms surrounded by the Chain of the Seraphim Order. The seraphim what?
I got you covered, don't worry:
The Royal Order of the Seraphim is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Polar Star. The order has only one class with the dignity of Knight (Member for women and Member of the Cloth for clergymen), and is the foremost order of Sweden. source and more info
As for the edge, nothing fancy here:
Sizewise, it's slightly bigger then a standard euro coin
Euro on top:
One next to the other:
When it comes to silver, this is a low purity piece. It weights 7 g of 0.400 silver so 2.8 g of silver in total. With today's spot price per gram at 0.61$, that's about 1.7$ worth of silver!
Ok, I think I covered all the basics there is to know about this little fella. Next on the line are the 25 and 50 ore coins.
Till then..
Stack on!
