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1832 CB GOLD SWEDEN DUCAT NGC MINT STATE 64 ONLY 2,082 MINTED "KING CARL XIV"

1832 CB GOLD SWEDEN DUCAT NGC MINT STATE  64  ONLY 2,082 MINTED "KING CARL XIV"
1832 CB GOLD SWEDEN DUCAT NGC MS 64 CARL XIV 2,082 MINTED
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Country of Origin: Sweden

KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

REIGN OF CARL XIV JOHANN (1818-1844) (ALSO KING CARL III JOHANN OF NORWAY 1818-1844) - HOUSE OF BERNADOTTE

RARE GOLD DUCAT TRADE COINAGE

 CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 64 

 

OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF CARL XIV RIGHT.

REV: CROWNED MANTLE WITH OVAL ARMS ENCIRCLED BY THE CHIVALRIC ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM, MEDAL OF ORDER DIVIDES DATE.

KM # 628

CHARLES XIV JOHN (1763-1844), WAS BORN IN FRANCE AS JEAN BERNADOTTE. HE HAD A LONG CAREER IN THE FRENCH ARMY, CULMINATING WITH BEING APPOINTED A MARSHAL OF FRANCE BY THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON I. IN 1810 HE WAS ELECTED HEIR PRESUMPTIVE TO CHARLES XIII, THE OLD AND CHILDLESS KING OF SWEDEN. HE WAS ADOPTED BY KING CHARLES XIII, AND BECAME HEAD OF BOTH ARMY AND GOVERNMENT. HE ALLIED AGAINST HIS FORMER COMMANDER AND FRIEND NAPOLEON IN THE WAR OF THE SIXTH COALITION. HE SECURED A PERSONAL UNION OF SWEDEN WITH NORWAY AFTER THE SWEDISH-NORWEGIAN WAR OF 1814, AND SUCCEDED TO THE CROWNS OF BOTH KINGDOMS. HE WAS VERY POPULAR IN BOTH COUNTRIES AND ESTABLISHED THE BERNADOTTE DYNASTY.

CONTAINS 3.5 GRAMS OF .976 FINE GOLD (.1098 OZ AGW)

19 MM IN DIAMETER

ONLY 2,082 MINTED!

MINTMASTER "CB"