1 fyrk, Säter, Gustav II Adolf, 1624

The first Swedish copper coins were square, known as klippingar, or klippe coins. The shape and name of the coins come from how the coin blank, the piece of copper that would become a coin, was made. First, a large copper sheet was divided into several rods, and then the rods were cut into small square pieces of copper of the desired weight. Each rod was to make a certain number of coins. The first klippe coins were hammered coins, which means that each coin blank was struck between two coin dies. Hammered coinage took place between 1624 and 1627.

Image rights: Helena Bonnevier, Ekonomiska museet - Kungliga myntkabinettet/SHM (CC BY 4.0)

Object number: 109541_KMK

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