KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
REIGN OF CARL XV (1859-1872) (ALSO KING OF NORWAY 1859-1872) - HOUSE OF BERNADOTTE
OVERDATE 1861/0 (1 OVER 0 )
GOLD TRADE DUCAT CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 65
OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF CARL XV RIGHT.
REV: CROWNED MANTLE AND ROYAL ARMS OF SWEDEN ENCIRCLED BY THE COLLAR OF THE CHIVALRIC ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM; AT BOTTOM, MEDAL PENDANT DIVIDES DATE FLANKED MY MINT OFFICIAL'S INITIALS.
KM # 709
CARL XV (b. 1826, d. 1872), WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF SCANDINAVIAN KINGS AND A TRUE CONSTITUTIONAL RULER. HIS REIGN WAS MARKED FOR WIDE-REACHING AND UNIVERSAL REFORM OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW, AND HE WAS AN ADVOCATE OF THE SOLIDARITY OF THE THREE NORTHERN KINGDOMS OF NORWAY, SWEDEN (UNITED UNDER THE SAME CROWN) AND THE NEIGHBORING KINGDOM OF DENMARK. HE ALSO RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS A PAINTER AND A POET. AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS BROTHER SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONES OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY AS OSCAR II.
CONTAINS 3.4856 GRAMS OF .976 FINE GOLD (.1094 OZ AGW)
19 MM IN DIAMETER
38,000 MINTED
MINTMASTER SEBASTIAN THAM
