Sweden Coins: Type Collecting - Fifty Öre

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1857


Weight 4.25 grams, diameter 21.9 mm, 0.75 silver.

1862


King Carl XV.

1875-1899


King Oscar II. Weight 5 grams, diameter 22 mm, 0.6 silver.

1906-1907


Obverse legend changed.

1911-1919,1927-1939


New designs for King Gustaf V.

1920-1924,1940,1946-1947


New designs, struck in nickel-bronze, weight 4.8 grams.

1943-1950


New designs. Weight 4.8 grams, 0.4 silver.

1952-1961


New designs for King Gustaf VI Adolf.

1962-1973


New designs; weight 4.5 grams, copper-nickel.

1976-1991


New designs for King Carl XVI Gustaf.

1992-


New designs, struck in bronze.

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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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