1 öre, Västerås, Gustav I Vasa, 1529
The 1 öre is a silver coin that began to be minted under Gustav Vasa. The earliest types are dated to 1522 and the inspiration came from the Lybian double shilling. Previously, the öre had only existed as a unit of account.
The öre was minted in Uppsala, Arboga, Västerås, Turku and Stockholm between 1522 and 1533. There are two types of inscriptions on the coins, one where Gustav has the title gubernator, which can be translated as governor or courtier, and one with the inscription S. ERICVS REX SVECIE in different variants.
S. ERICVS REX SVECIE is the saint-king Erik the Holy, Sweden's rex perpetuus (eternal king) and he appears on many coins since 1465-1467, often those issued by those who did not have royal dignity.
The obverse (front) of the coin shows a man in armour facing forward and, depending on the type of coin, various royal attributes such as crown, mantle, sword and orb. The reverse shows, depending on the type, a crowned shield with three crowns on a horizontal cross or a type where the shield also has two crossed arrows, a letter for the mint or the coat of arms of the House of Vasa. The motif of the öre is not described in contemporary sources, but the silver value is. Early öres have a weight of 4.39 g which was later reduced to 2.92 g. The silver content increased from 7 ½ lödig to 8 at the end of the mintage.
)Object number: 106056_KMK
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