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Sweden (Avesta), copper "plate money" 4 dalers, Frederik I, 1723.

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Sweden (Avesta), copper  plate money  4 dalers, Frederik I, 1723.
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Sweden (Avesta), copper "plate money" 4 dalers, Frederik I, 1723. KM-PM74. 2593 grams, approx. 9" square. A huge copper square with central stamp and 3 of the 4 corner stamps full and clear, some corrosion at edges but mostly solid, somewhat scarce as the largest denomination found on either of the 2 wrecks (the other being the Nicobar of 1783) known to have yielded these bulky pieces that were once coins but demoted to mere ingots after demonetization in 1768. With Arqueonautas certificate #MAI-010/99/20415.8. From: "Count Ernst Schimmelmann wreck," sunk in 1781 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa