SWEDEN. Gustav Vasa, 1523-60. 18 Penningar No Date (c. 1521), Hedemora/Soderkoping. 2 g. Ahlstrom 3; App 2b (Typ 2); Antell 2. So called Liberation klippe, 18 penningar, no date. Type I, Ahlstrom 3. Struck in Hedemora or Soderkoping during the liberation war against Denmark. Following the Stockholm Bloodbath in November 1520, Gustav Eriksson (Vasa), started an uprising in Dalarna against Denmark and Christian II. In February 1521 a group of several hundred rioters led by Gustav Eriksson raided Falun Mine which supplied them with silver and other necessities. In the chronicles of Peder Svart, written in the early 1560s, he mentions that Gustav established a mint at Hedemora in the spring of 1521. A wealthy local entrepreneur, Marten Skinnare, supported the revolt and became mintmaster. Klippes were struck with a value of 18 penningar, equivalent to 1 ‘old’ örtug struck before 1478 and similar in style to the debased ones struck by Christian II in Malmo from 1518. As Peder Svart wrote, the design shows a man in full armor on one side and the arms of Dalarna on the other (two crossed arrows). In addition, they have a ‘G’ between the arrows and the three crowns of Sweden. Considering the extreme rarity of these coins, it is assumed that relatively few coins were produced. As a matter of fact, quite soon Gustav ordered mints to start copying the Danish klippe coins so they could circulate without danger. The copies were struck in larger numbers and can be distinguished from the Danish coins as the same obverse die was used for making the Danish copies and the Swedish klippes. Mints producing klippe coins were established in Hedemora, Soderkoping and Vasteras. Although crudely struck and somewhat corroded, details are clearly distinguished. One of the better ones in existence. Ex The Baronial Collection Bonde of Ericsberg (Nordlind auction, Part 5, November 2009) Ex Quensel (1918). Very fine.