sadriel Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hallo. I'm looking for informations about coin of Gustav II Adolf. All I know is - 1½ schilling Riga of Gustav Adolf. Question is : why 1 and 1½ schilling? How many coins were struck and why only in one year - 1623 ? Picture Help, please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadriel Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Sorry, here is a picture Picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 First: I´m no expert on these. I just found this one on coinarchieves: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.ph...27&Lot=4007 Should be 1.5 (=1 and a half) schilling denomination, also called a polchi (looks like a fit to some former, local denomination during Swedish occupation of the Baltic states). This site compares rarities of the Swedish issues in Riga: http://www.home.neab.net/gandalf/coins/possessions/riga.htm Your coin is rated "rare" (but what does this mean if nearly every collector in eastern Europe is searching with metal detectors now). regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnemicOak Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 For what it's worth Krause lists it as... KM#12 1-1/2 SCHILLING Silver Obv: Riga arms in inner circle Rev: Crossed keys divide date in inner circle Date (16)23 VG $35 F $85 VF $175 XF $350 They do not list a mintage for any of the Swedish Occupation coinage from Riga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadriel Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Arminius, AnemicOak, thanks for the info. I know more, but not enough. I must establish, what was the reason to struck such kind of schilling. I've just written to the owner of the site " Svenska besittningar och dess myntning : Riga" and I believe, that answer will come on. Thank so much again for help and i wish You all the best ps. sorry for my english ps2. I have not a metal detector ps3. yesterday I won on auction another one. Take a look, please, on date. http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5307/ga2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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