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The Riksbank's Regulations (2002:286) On Commemorative Coins Of Two Thousand And Two Hundred Dollars

Original Language Title: Riksbankens föreskrifter (2002:286) 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 in respect of Stockholm's 750-year anniversary,

commemorative coins with nominal values of two thousand and two hundred

crowns are given out.



section 2 of the commemorative coins with face value of two thousand dollars shall

made from an alloy consisting of 900 thousandths gold, 50

thousandths and thousandths silver and 50 copper have a weight of

12 grams and a diameter of 26 mm. Deviation from the nominal

the weight may be no more than one hundred coins weighing 12 ounces.



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

shall have the following character.



On the front of the Stockholm City Hall big towers surrounded by the

the left Tower on the South façade and right Tower on East

the façade and the legend "STOCKHOLM 1252-2002".



On the reverse is depicted the oldest known seal of the city of Stockholm,

Since 1280 's and preserved in a dozen deductions 1296-1324. The

showing an embattled wall with two crenellated towers, each with

two window openings, all over the water, a number of formats

waves. The bottom over and around the towers are covered with cross

stars. It has the inscription "+ SIGILLVM STOCHVM: URCIUIVM.DE".

At anticlockwise is "UNITED KINGDOM/2000/CROWNS". Above the seal

to the left is the letter "E" indicating myntningsorten and

on the right side "B" is the initial letter of the Governor's

last name.



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

in weighing one 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 of the Stockholm City Hall big towers surrounded by the

the left Tower on the South façade and right Tower on East

the façade and the legend "STOCKHOLM 1252-2002".



On the reverse is depicted the Stockholm City seal known since 1326

and the last time used 1607. It shows three towers with

battlements and pointed roof, the Center larger than the

surrounding, within an embattled wall and a borgport with a

the raised portcullis. Over the wall, you'll see a fourth likewise

crenellated towers with pointed roofs. In front of the port and along the

the edge along the great wall can be seen a number of klumpstenar. It has

the inscription "SIGILLUM CIVITATIS:. STOKHOLMENSIS.IN. SVECIA.

At anticlockwise is "UNITED KINGDOM/200/CROWNS". Above the seal

to the left is the letter "E" indicating myntningsorten and

to the right "B which is the initial letter of the Governor's

last name.



The edge must be smooth.