1 mark, Svartsjö, Gustav I Vasa, 1544
The coin you see in the display case is a mark coin minted at the mint in Svartsjö. In 1540 Gustav Vasa moved the mint to Svartsjö on Ekerö by Lake Mälaren. The mint remained in Svartsjö until 1550. 1 mark began to be minted in Sweden in 1536 and at Svartsjö in 1541-1549. 1 mark was equal to 8 öre, 24 örtugar and 192 penningar. According to preserved n ordinances from 1542 and 1543, there is information that in 1544 182,574 mark coins were minted at the Svartsjö mint. The following year 58,067 mark coins were minted.
The obverse (front) of the mark coins shows Gustav Vasa in the centre with a harrow holding a sword and a national apple in each hand. The inscription states that the king is the King of Sweden by the grace of God. The motif on the reverse (back) is three crowned shields. On the left is a shield with three crowns, on the right is a shield with a lion and below these is the year 1544 divided by a vase shield and above a royal crown. The inscription on the reverse reads ‘BEATVUS QVI TIMET DOMINUM’ - ‘blessed is he who fears the Lord’.
)Object number: 106939_KMK
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