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A bronze 1764b Swedish 2 öre coin adapted to make a love token; the obverse has a crown above two arrows, the value (2 öre) and the mintmark S.M. - the details have been emphasised and an outer circle of round depressions has been stamped; the reverse has a stamped ornamental tree or shrub within a similar circle. This is a coin of King Adolph Frederick: the king died of digestion problems on 12 February 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is thus remembered by Swedish school children as "the king who ate himself
Contributors
- Kirklees
Publisher
- Kirklees
Subject
- Lovetokens
Type of item
- Image
Contributors
- Kirklees
Publisher
- Kirklees
Subject
- Lovetokens
Type of item
- Image
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier
- http://www.kirkleesimages.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;ka00086&pos=2&action=zoom
Format
- JPEG/IMAGE
Language
- EN-GB
Is part of
- Kirklees Image Archive
Providing country
- United Kingdom