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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 8, February 22, 2015, Article 16

SWEDISH AMERICAN TERCENTENARY COIN HOLDER

Swedish American Tercentenary Coin Holder1 Swedish American Tercentenary Coin Holder2

Andy Singer writes:

I was looking for a Swedish commemorative 2 Kronor coin of 1938 which commemorates the 300th anniversary of Swedish settlement in what is now Delaware. This was for a friend who is descended from some of the original settlers. He had just purchased the Delaware commemorative half dollar and asked if I could find him some of the Swedish counterparts.

And look what I found: Here is a four-coin holder put together by the Swedish American Tercentenary Association, Inc. of New York and Chicago. Swiatek and Breen mention a five-coin holder, and the Swedish coins are mentioned in the Red Book, but has anyone ever seen this?

Andy also wrote to David Lange, who reported seeing one of these in a a coin show exhibit. I collect these holders and related pamphlets and correspondence as part of my numismatic ephemera collection. The papers and packaging that organizations shipped commemorative halves, medals, etc. to buyers with were typically thrown away, but a few examples have survived, and are much more rare than the coins themselves. I wish I could say I had one of these, but alas, I do not. Too bad, since I'm part Swedish. My grandfather's name was Gustave Olof Homren.

So... have any readers seen one of these? -Editor


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Wayne Homren, Editor

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