1 daler, Svartsjö, Gustav I Vasa, 1545
The coin you see in the display case is a daler minted in 1546 at the Svartsjö mint. The daler was an international trade coin based on the coin having a certain silver content and weight. The daler comes from the denomination taler, which was first minted in 1518 in Joachimstal in the present-day Czech Republic.
The daler began to be minted in Sweden in 1534 and at Svartsjö from 1542 until 1550. A new image of the king is depicted on the daler coins. The portrait is probably the work of Jakob Binck, a German artist who spent some time in Sweden.
The dies, i.e. the stamps used to strike the coin, were probably engraved by the coin engraver Ulrik. The obverse (front) shows the king with royal attributes, including a harness, crown, sword and coat of arms. In front of the king is the coat of arms in a shield. The reverse shows a full-length image of the Saviour in a cloak with a national globe. The inscription reads ‘SALVATOR MUNDI ADIUVA NOS’, which can be translated as ‘Saviour of the world, help us’.
)Object number: 106814_KMK
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