Coins issued in 1751

Unusual coins of Sweden

The coin is a replica of the information in the metal. The history of monetary relations in Sweden is of interest to scientists and collectors. In 1751, the Scandinavian state minted unusual banknotes: rectangular coins-plates. These coins are also called coin-boards. Such metal money are bracteatum, coins of coinage on one side.
In 1751, Sweden issued a coin in the form of a plate, the dignity of ½ Daler, made of copper. On a plate five brands, in the form of a circle are beaten out: one – in the center, four identical – in corners. The Central image shows the denomination of the coin. The following printed marking of monetary circulation: Silf. Mynt, in abbreviated form. Under the inscriptions – crossed arrows. The other four bear the mint marks, with the crown, and the date of issue.
Sweden in the XVIII century had rich reserves of copper deposits, and precious metals were a deficit. Financial problems in trade arose due to changes in the ratio of the cost of metals, so the monetary system of the state was dual: copper-silver. If the coin is the designation of the silver denomination of monetary circulation, it means that the price of the amount of copper corresponds to the value of the silver coin.
Copper coin denominations of ½ a Dallaire, equivalent in nominal value to the silver ½ riksdaler.
The 1 Daler tin coin, which was also issued in 1751, is issued in a similar manner. The nominal value of this money sign corresponds to 1 silver riksdaler.
The rectangular coins appeared during the reign of Queen Christina, in the middle of the XVII century, and were used for 130 years. The plate had a lot of weight. The heaviest known instance, a value of 10 daler, size 33Х63Х1 cm, weighs almost 20 lbs. This created an inconvenience in everyday financial calculations, but these boards were used in the form of means of payment within the country and with neighbouring countries. Often the plates were melted for further use.
Due to the lack of silver, the Russian Empire adopted the experience of coinage of copper coins-plates of Sweden. Russian craftsmen learned from the Swedish, and in the early XVIII century Ekaterinburg mint mints square boards from its own copper.
Some rare specimens of coins-plates, which have survived to the present day, are of great interest and are stored in Museum collections.