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The General Council of the Riksbank has decided how Sweden’s new coins will look. Ernst Nordin’s proposal ”Sun, wind and water” will form the artistic basis for the design of the new 1-, 2-, and 5-krona coins.

The secret of Sweden’s ‘odd coins’ has been disclosed: an amateur artist reckoned it to be an art project to fake 1-crown coins inserting an insulting inscription regarding King Gustav and let friends and relatives ‘find’ the coins.

Lately some excellent counterfeit 1-krona coins were found in Sweden. They clearly insult the king alluding to his alleged escapades. It will stay unknown who made them because police is not investigating.

Astrid Lindgren, Evert Taube, Greta Garbo, Ingmar Bergman, Birgit Nilsson and Dag Hammarskjöld will be the motifs on Sweden’s new banknotes. This is the decision of the General Council of the Riksbank...

Sweden is different. The mentality of its inhabitants is characterized by an incredible willingness to act rationally at the expense of one’s personal comfort. And as to what is rational, people are quite ready to let themselves be influenced. Here are some thoughts on why the concept of the cashless society might actually work in Sweden.

The early modern era was much more democratic that we are inclined to believe. The Polish chose a Swedish king, and the Swedes forced that Polish king to make great concessions. A unique coin which will be sold at Leipziger Münzhandlung on October 24, 2015, bears testimony to these events.

Dan Carlberg is a Swedish numismatist and auctioneer. He is co-owner of the Myntauktioner i Sverige auction house and published numerous articles on Swedish numismatics and monetary history.

In eLive Auction 77, from 13-19 April 2023, Künker will be auctioning more than 4,300 lots with coins and medals from antiquity to modern times as well as orders and decorations from all over the world.

Steve Album’s Internet Auction 19 features 2,100 lots of coins from all categories and time periods. Among them are nearly 300 Chinese lots and 100 lots from the Joe Sedillot Collection.

A total result of almost 10m euros for 730 lots, 15 six-digit hammer prices, the leading piece selling for 420,000 euros – that is the roundup of Künker’s Berlin Auction Sales.