Sweden - 1790

½ Skilling token
Obverse - Sweden - 1/2 Skilling token 1790 Reverse - Sweden - 1/2 Skilling token 1790
Obverse - A shield of vertical lines on which are crossed arrows and a crown, the whole surmounted by a larger crown.
Reverse - A square surrounded by a legend
Legend - STORA KOPPAR - BERGSL : POLLET
Exergue, 1790
Size, 28.5 mm.
 
This is probably a Swedish copper mining company's token issued, like the British Conders and French Monneron pieces, as a reaction against coin of the realm being hoarded. The ½ skilling value is a guess based on later Swedish token's size and weights.