SWEDEN, Oscar II, 2 Kronor 1897, Silver Jubilee, UNC

Oscar II (1872-1907)

SWEDEN, Oscar II, 2 Kronor 1897, Silver Jubilee, UNC

Name: SWEDEN, Oscar II, 2 Kronor 1897, Silver Jubilee, UNC
SKU: G313
Price: 52 EUR
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Obverse: Portrait of crowned King Oscar II in left profile, wearing royal robe with Order of Seraphims Chain abd holding Royal Scepter. At right the royal Orb.

Lettering (Swedish): OSCAR • II • SVERIGES • NORGES • G • O • V • KONUNG

Translation: Oscar II, King of Sweden, Norway, the Goths and the Wends

Engraver: Adolf Lindberg

Reverse: Inside a circle the crowned national Coat of arms with lion supporters at sides, and value below. Outside the legend and the dates of Reign’s anniversary

Lettering (Swedish): TVÅ KR; MINNE • AF • TJUGUFEMÅRIG • REGERING; 1872 – 1897

Translation: In memory of twenty five years reign

Edge: Reeded

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€ 52

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Country	Sweden
Ruler	Oscar II (1872-1907)
Face Value	2 Kronor
Year of issue	1897
Metal	Silver
Fineness	800
Catalogue #	KM# 762; SMB 29
Weight, g.	15,02
Diameter, mm.	31,05
Our code	G313
Die Axis	↑↑
Additional info	-

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History

Twenty-five years is a long time to hold two kingdoms together. In 1897, Oscar II marked a quarter century on the thrones of Sweden and Norway – and the occasion was commemorated in silver, with a coin that carried more weight than its fifteen grams suggested.

Oscar had come to the throne unexpectedly in 1872, at the age of forty-three, following the death of his brother Karl XV without a male heir. He was a man of uncommon breadth – a naval officer who had studied at Uppsala, published poetry, written military manuals, learned Norwegian fluently out of genuine respect for his northern subjects, and earned the epithet “Europe’s most enlightened monarch” from contemporaries who were not given to easy compliment. When he adopted his royal motto – Brödrafolkens väl, the Welfare of the Brother Peoples – it was not empty ceremony. He meant it and spent twenty-five years trying to make it true.

The obverse of this jubilee coin shows Oscar’s crowned bust, dignified and composed, the regalia of office visible around him. The reverse carries the Swedish coat of arms held by lion supporters, and the inscription MINNE AF TJUGUFEMÅRIG REGERING – In Memory of Twenty-Five Years of Government – with the dates 1872–1897 framing the legend. It is a coin designed to be kept, not spent – a commemorative object rather than everyday currency, struck in the knowledge that people would hold onto it.

What gives 1897 its particular poignancy is where the story goes next. The jubilee celebrations masked a gathering crisis. Norway had been pressing for greater autonomy within the union for decades – its parliament vetoing royal decisions, its politicians demanding control over their own foreign consulates, its people growing steadily more impatient with what they saw as Swedish dominance. Oscar had managed the tension with considerable skill, conceding ground where he could, holding the line where he must. But by 1897 the forces pulling the union apart were stronger than any king’s patience could contain.

Eight years after this coin was struck, the Norwegian parliament voted to dissolve the union entirely. Oscar renounced the Norwegian throne in October 1905 – an act that grieved him deeply and from which, those close to him said, he never fully recovered. He died in Stockholm two years later, the last king ever to reign over both countries.

The 2 Kronor of 1897 was minted at the midpoint of that arc – a celebration of continuity, struck just before the end became visible.