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The Riksbank's Regulations (2007:1472) Of Commemorative Coins In Two Thousand And Two Hundred Dollars

Original Language Title: Riksbankens föreskrifter (2007:1472) om minnesmynt på två tusen och två hundra kronor

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The General Council of the Riksbank provides under Chapter 5. 1 §

Act (1988:1385) om Sveriges riksbank to commemorative coins on two

thousand and two hundred dollars shall be released and that the coins should

have the following size, shape and appearance.



1 § on the occasion of the 150 anniversary of Selma Lagerlöf's birth

will commemorative with nominal values of two thousand and two

hundred dollars given out.



section 2 of the commemorative coin with a face value of two thousand

must be made of an alloy consisting of 900 thousandths

Gold, 50 silver and 50 copper thousandths and thousandths have a

weight of 12 grams and a diameter of 26 mm. Deviations from the

nominal weight, when weighing one hundred coins be

no more than 12 ounces.



paragraph 3 of the commemorative coin with a face value of two thousand

shall have the following character.



On the front there is a picture of Selma Lagerlöf, whose model is

a photo, taken from her birth farm Pastry. Text

"SELMA LAGERLÖF 1858-1940" is at the top edge. In the lower

edge is the Governor's initials ("SI"), the year "2008",

"UNITED KINGDOM", the denomination "$ 200", and the first letter of the

myntningsorten ("E"). The designer's initials ("JH") under the

Photo by Selma Lagerlöf.



On the reverse is depicted a sunflower that symbolizes Selma

Lagerlöf's interest in nature. The top edge is the quote "This

Earth's basis is called righteousness ", taken from the short story" The

Bird frie "from the collection" Invisible links "from 1894.

The designer's initials ("JH") stands in the sunflower.



The edge must be smooth.



4 section commemorative coin with a face value of two hundred dollars

must be made of an alloy consisting of 925 parts per thousand

Silver and 75 parts per thousand copper and have a weight of 27.03 grams

and a diameter of 36 mm. Deviation from the nominal weight

get at a weighing a hundred coins be up to 27 grams.



§ 5 commemorative coin with a face value of two hundred dollars

shall have the following character.



On the front there is a picture of Selma Lagerlöf, whose model is

a photo, taken from her birth farm Pastry. Text

"SELMA LAGERLÖF 1858-1940" is at the top edge. In the lower

edge is the Governor's initials ("SI"), the year "2008",

"UNITED KINGDOM", the denomination "$ 20", as well as the first letter of the

myntningsorten ("E"). The designer's initials (JH ") under the

Photo by Selma Lagerlöf.



On the reverse there is a picture of flying geese and the edge to

left quote "peace is for the Kingdom, which is the same soundness

for the body ". It is taken from the short story "Monarch meeting"

included in the collection "Trolls and humans" from 1915. The designer's

initials ("JH") under the image of geese.



The edge must be smooth.