Watch List notes:

Sweden, Johan III SM 46 2 mark 1590 11,60 g. Stockholm. One year type. Small scratches, irregular planchet and somewhat corroded. RR. Ex Sten Törngren, Spink auction May 2000, lot 296. Ex Gunnar Ekström 1975, Ahlström auction 8, lot 53. Ex Nils Nilsson 1925, D. Holmberg auction 134, lot 223. SMB 40. Lev. 187a. The 2 mark of 1590 exists in two different types, SM 46 and SM 47, both very scarce. The difference being that the latter is a hybrid with the obverse legend on both sides, see the next lot in this auction! The herewith presented example we have recorded five examples in private hands. 1/1+