These pages show the different types of circulating coins produced in Sweden. My target audience is not so much the serious numismatist, but more the novice and casual collector. Coins can be collected in various manners: coins for circulation versus coins for collectors, individual coins versus sets or rolls, circulated coins versus mint state, every date and mint mark versus major types. This Web site presents information to help with assembling a "type" collection of individual circulated Swedish coins. What is "type" collecting? Type collecting is assembling coins of different designs. A type set generally excludes minor variations that include the same basic design. Examples are date change, and mint marks. Major variations in coin composition (such as a switch from iron to bronze) constitute a type change, but a minor variation (such as copper-tin-zinc to copper-zinc) do not represent a type change. Different collectors will have their own opinions of what coins should be included in a type collection. The following is my interpretation of significant year-to-year changes in Swedish circulating coins. At present, the coins shown start with the reign of King Gustaf IV Adolf, 1792-1809. As time permits, I will move the start year back further into the 1700s and 1600s. See also: Swedish Coins: Type Collecting Check List. The monetary system of Sweden (starting with the 1700s) proceeded as follows: 1704-1798 8 Öre = 1 Mark 32 Öre = 1 Daler 96 Öre Silver Money (S.M.) = 1 Riksdaler 3 Daler (S.M.) = 1 Riksdaler 9 Daler Kopper Money (K.M.) = 1 Riksdaler 1798-1830 48 Skilling = 1 Riksdaler Specie 2 Riksdaler (Speciesdaler) = 1 Ducat 1830-1855 8 Skilling Banco = 1 Riksdaler Specie 4 Riksdaler Riksgalds = 1 Riksdaler Specie 1855-1873 100 Öre = 1 Riksdaler Riksmynt 4 Riksdaler Riksmynt = 1 Riksdaler Specie 1873- 100 Öre = 1 Krona 1/12 skilling Starting with 1802-1808 1/6 skilling Starting with 1830-1831 1/4 skilling Starting with 1799-1800 1/3 skilling Starting with 1835-1843 1/2 skilling Starting with 1799-1802 2/3 skilling Starting with 1835-1843 1 skilling Starting with 1802-1805 2 skilling Starting with 1835-1843 4 skilling Starting with 1849-1855 1/32 riksdaler Starting with 1851-1853 1/24 riksdaler Starting with 1810-1816 1/16 riksdaler Starting with 1835-1836 1/12 riksdaler Starting with 1811 1/8 riksdaler Starting with 1830-1837 1/6 riksdaler Starting with 1799 1/4 riksdaler Starting with 1830-1836 1/3 riksdaler Starting with 1798 1/2 riksdaler Starting with 1831-1838 1 riksdaler Starting with 1792-1797 2 riksdaler Starting with 1857 4 riksdaler Starting with 1855-1856 1/6 Öre Starting with 1707-1718 1/2 Öre Starting with 1720-1721 1 Öre Starting with 1701-1714 2 Öre Starting with 1716-1717 4 Öre Starting with 1716-1718 5 Öre Starting with 1702-1715 8 Öre Starting with 1771 10 Öre Starting with 1855-1859 25 Öre Starting with 1855-1859 50 Öre Starting with 1857 1 krona Starting with 1875-1876 2 kronor Starting with 1876-1880 5 kronor Starting with 1881-1899 10 kronor Starting with 1873-1876 20 kronor Starting with 1873-1876 Earlier coins Earlier coins

Other web pages of interest: Coins on Stamps: Sweden Swedish Coins: Type Collecting Check List Chronology of Sweden United States Coins: Type Collecting United Kingdom Coins: Type Collecting Chronology of World Coins This Day in History