ÖRE: COIN OF SWEDEN
5 öre, 1953: Kingdom of Sweden
Ruler: Gustaf VI Adolf — King of Sweden from 1950 until 1973; he gave his approval to constitutional changes which removed the Swedish monarchy's last nominal political powers.
5 ÖRE. 1953.
A small image of a crown from the coat of arms of Sweden above the denomination.
GUSTAF VI ADOLF SVERIGES KONUNG: Gustaf VI Adolf King of Sweden.
A big image of a crown from the coat of arms of Sweden above the denomination.
Mint mark of Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm (micro mark: Eric IX of Sweden from Coat of arms of Stockholm — crowned St. Eric).
Personal symbol (privy mark) of mintmaster Torsten Swensson (1945-1961) — TS: superimposed "T" and "S".
Mintage: 12.329.320.
- Bronze: 27 mm - 8 g
- Reference price: 0.3$
COIN ÖRE — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- KINGDOM OF SWEDEN (16th-21th centuries): öre = 1/100 krona (before 1873: exchange coin of riksdaler — different ratios)
- ESTONIA UNDER SWEDISH RULE (16th-17th centuries): öre = 1/8 mark = 1/2 ferding
ÖRE as coin name. From the point of view of etymology (the origin of the name), the purely Swedish exchange coin öre can be safely placed in the same row as the small coins of the neighboring Nordic countries — øre (Denmark, Norway, Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and eyrir (Iceland).
All these coin names owe their origin to the gold coin of ancient Rome — aureus (Latin "Aurum" means gold).
