(Vendue pour $260.0)

1844, Kingdom of Norway, Charles XIV. Silver ½ Specie Daler Coin. 1-Year Type!

Mint Year: 1844 Denomination: ½ Specie Daler Reference: KM-312 ($325 in VF!) Condition: Scratches/tooling in obverse fields, otherwise aXF/XF! Material: Silver (.875) Weight: 14.42gm Diameter: 30mm

Obverse: Head of Charles XIV right. Legend: CARL XIV JOHAN NORGES SVER : G . OG V. KONGE.

Reverse: Crowned shield with arms oof the Kingdom of Norway, flanked by value (½-Sps) All within wreath. Date (18-44) split by privy mark (crossed mint-hammers) below. Legend: 18½ ST. 1 MK. FS. / ½-SPS /

Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan (26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden (as Charles XIV John) and King of Norway (as Charles III John) from 1818 until his death. Before he became king, he was also the Sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo, in Southern Italy, between 1806 and 1810.

He was born Jean Bernadotte, distinguished from a namesake brother by the addition of Baptiste and had the full name of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte by the time Karl also was added upon his Swedish adoption in 1810. He did not use Bernadotte in Sweden but founded the royal dynasty there by that name.

French by birth, Bernadotte served a long career in the French Army. He was appointed as a Marshal of France by Napoleon I, though the two had a turbulent relationship. His service to France ended in 1810, when he was elected the heir-presumptive to the Swedish throne because the Swedish royal family was dying out with King Charles XIII. Baron Carl Otto Mörner (22 May 1781 – 17 August 1868), who was a Swedish courtier, and obscure member of the Diet, advocated for the succession.