2 mark, Svartsjö, Gustav I Vasa, 1544
The 16 öre, or 2 mark, coin was minted for the first time at the Svartsjö mint between 1543 and 1544. The coin in the display case is a 16 öre from 1544. Based on a preserved coinage ordinance, we know that 9,855 16 öre coins were minted in 1544. After 1544, there was a long break before the denomination began to be minted again in Stockholm at the end of King Gustav Vasa's reign, between 1556 and 1560.
The denomination's motifs are the same from Svartsjö and Stockholm. The obverse shows a crowned figure with the national coat of arms and a vase in the heart shield. The inscription reads ‘BEATVS QVI TIMET DOMINVM’ - ‘Bless him who fears the Lord’. The reverse (back) design consists of a square with an inscription in six lines with leaf ornamentation on the sides. Above the square is the year 1544 and below it is the denomination XVI ÖRE (16 öre). The inscription reads ‘GOSTAVS D G SWECORUM GOTTORVM WANDALORVM Q 3 REX’, describing the king as the king of the Swedes, the Goths and the Wends.
)Object number: 106889_KMK
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