Fyrk

Fyrk (probably derived from the Low German Vierken - Viertelchen ) was a Swedish coin worth a quarter of an ore .

The coin was minted in silver from 1575. Their weight was around 1 g and the silver content was around 10%. From 1624 it was minted as a copper coin, in the first two years also as a cliff . The weight of the copper coins was initially 7.1 g, from 1633 and up to 1660, the last year of minting, 10.6 g. Mints were Säter , Nyköping and Arboga .

The denomination of the coin was still used in Swedish after the coin was canceled as a term for low-value coins, comparable to the German Heller or Pfennig. Fyrk coins were also minted in Denmark and Pomerania in the 18th century.

Individual evidence

↑ Colin R. Bruce, George S. Cuhaj and Merna Dudley (Eds.): Standard Catalog of World Coins. Seventeenth Century. 1601-1700. 4th edition. Krause Publications, Iola (WI), USA 2008, ISBN 978-0-89689-708-3 , pp. 1337-1354.
^ Friedrich Freiherr von Schrötter: Dictionary of Coin Studies. Published by Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig 1930, Lemma "Fyrk".

[1] Colin R. Bruce, George S. Cuhaj and Merna Dudley (Eds.): Standard Catalog of World Coins. Seventeenth Century. 1601-1700. 4th edition. Krause Publications, Iola (WI), USA 2008, ISBN 978-0-89689-708-3 , pp. 1337-1354.

[2] Friedrich Freiherr von Schrötter: Dictionary of Coin Studies. Published by Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig 1930, Lemma "Fyrk".