1855-1859 Weight 2.13 grams, diameter 17.4 mm, 0.75 silver. 1862-1871 King Carl XV. 1874-1878 New designs for King Oscar II. Monetary reform, 1 öre equals 1 krona. Weight 2.42 grams, diameter 17 mm, 0.6 silver. 1874,1880-1905 Simpler reverse design. 1907 Obverse legend changed. 1910-1919,1927-1941 New designs for King Gustaf V. 1921,1940-1941,1946-1947 New designs, struck in nickel-bronze, weight 2.4 grams. 1943-1950 New designs. Weight 2.32 grams, 0.4 silver. 1952-1961 New designs for King Gustaf VI Adolf. 1962-1973 New designs; weight 2.18 grams, copper-nickel. 1976-1984 New designs for King Carl XVI Gustaf. Continue to Swedish Fifty Öre. Return to Swedish Coins: Type Collecting main page. References: - Myntkalendar 1981, by Raoul Örtendahl, 1980. - 1994 Standard Catalog of World Coins, by Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler, 1993.

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