Sweden 200 Kronor - Carl XVI Gustaf, 2005

200 Kronor - Carl XVI Gustaf from Sweden. Issued in 2005. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 36 mm and weighs 27.03 g.

Obverse

Head of Dag Hammarskjöld facing right

Reverse

Stylized flames. The legend is a text from Dag Hammarskjöld’s interpretation of "Chronique" by the French author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Saint-John Perse. Below the value. To the left of the stylised flames is the letter "E", which stands for Eskilstuna, the place where the coin was minted, and to the right the letter "H", which is the first letter of the Riksbank Governor’s surname (Our way is the glow and not the ash)

Edge

Plain