1/2 öre, Säter/Nyköping, Gustav II Adolf, 1625
This coin was made in Nyköping in 1625, but this was not the first time that coins were made in the town. As early as around 1230, a mint was built here to produce silver coins, and in the 16th century Duke Karl of Södermanland minted coins in Nyköping. In the 17th century, Queen Kristina, mother of Gustav II Adolf, had the idea of producing copper coins in Nyköping. The production of square so-called klippe coins started in 1625 and in 1627 they switched to producing round coins, until 1629. A few years later, in 1632, kreuzer coins were minted here and in Säter on a trial basis for the German market. The experiment ended with the coins being sent back to Sweden to be melted down. After that, production in Nyköping ceased.
)Object number: 109615_KMK
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