1000 Kronor - Carl XVI Gustaf Regalskeppet Vasa

Reverse

Vasa Family coat of arms on a shield surmounted by Royal crown. To the left, a crown with the letters GAR (Gustavus Adolph Rex) that stands as Gustav II Adolf's monogram and the year 1628. On the right, the coat of arms of Sweden: the Three Crowns.
Value below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REGALSKEPPET VASA 15 JUNI 1990
1000 KRONOR

Translation: Royal warship Vasa

Engraver: Ernst Nordin

Edge

Plain

Comment

NOTE: The Vasa is a Swedish warship built 1626-1628. The ship foundered and sank after sailing about 1,300 meters (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannons were salvaged in the 17th century. After she was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping lane just outside the Stockholm harbor, she was salvaged with a largely intact hull in 1961. She was housed in a temporary museum called Wasavarvet ("The Wasa Shipyard") until 1988 and then moved to the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. The ship is one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions and has been seen by over 29 million visitors since 1961.[2] Vasa has since her recovery become a widely recognized symbol of the Swedish "great power period". She is today also a de facto standard in the media and among Swedes for evaluating the historical importance of shipwrecks. (from Wikipedia)

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1990 E	15000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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