KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
REIGN OF CARL XVI GUSTAF (1976-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF BERNADOTTE
SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE SWEDISH RAILWAY (1856-2006)
GOLD TWO-THOUSAND KRONOR
CERTIFIED PERFECT BY NGC PROOF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: STYLIZED RAILWAY CARRIAGE WHEEL WITH THE SPOKES COMPOSED OF THE SWEDISH TEXT "JÄRNVÄGEN 150 YEARS (RAILWAY 150 YEARS)"; LEFT OF TEXT "150 YEARS" IS MINTMARK "E" AND RIGHT OF TEXT IS MINT OFFICIAL INITIALS "SI"; LEFT OF "E" IS THE WORD "SVERIGE (SWEDEN)".
REV: IN UPPER TWO THIRDS A CARRIAGE WHEEL MEETING RAILWAY TRACK; WHEEL FLANKED BY ANNIVERSARY DATES; DENOMINATION IN EXERGUE UNDER RAILWAY TRACK.
THE FIRST SWEDISH RAILROAD FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT WAS OPENED IN 1849 AND USED HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES. IN 1853, THE SWEDISH PARLIAMENT PASSED THE BUILDING OF MAIN LINE RAILWAYS AND CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1855. THE FIRST STRETCH OF RAILWAY, WHICH WAS PRIVATELY RUN, OPENED FOR TRAFFIC IN 1856, BETWEEN ÖREBO AND NORA.
TODAY THE SWEDISH RAIL SYSTEM HAS A NETWORK WITH 12,821 KILOMETERS OF TRACK (3,594 KM OF WHICH ARE PRIVATELY OWNED), AND IS THE 20th LARGEST RAILWAY SYTEM IN THE WORLD.
CONTAINS 12 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.3472 OZ AGW)
26 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 1,395 MINTED!
AB MYNTVERKET, ESKILSTUNA, SWEDEN
MINT OFFICIAL - STEFAN INGVES (2006-2011)
DESIGNER ANNIE WINBLAD JAKUBOWSKI
