How do I find where my silver coins of Sweden were minted?
mr1931S
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I'm seeing initials "EB" on my 25 Ore pieces from the late 19th-early 20th century. I have searched on Google and not finding answers. Was or is there a mint in Stockholm? I assume that a 25 ore piece bearing the date 1874 was made in Stockholm but that is only an assumption based on seeing initials "ST" on it. Has anyone here collecting Swedish coins got any ideas how I can find out about locations of mints in Sweden? Where is EB? Where is ST?
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coinkat
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EB would be the Mint Official’s initials which were present on Swedish coinage from around 1876 through the early 20th century. ST would be the initials of the Mint Official from 1855 to 1876.
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Sweden has had three mints in its history. Stockholm has been the primary mint for a thousand years. The Stockholm mint closed and moved in 1975 to the regional town of Eskilstuna, before being closed in 2008 and Swedish coinage production outsourced to Finland.
The third mint was the copper mining town of Avesta, operational from 1644 to 1831, only producing copper coins (including the platmynt copper ingot-coins).
So all of the pre-20th century silver coins would have been minted in Stockholm.
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