Existing comment:
The design at the center of the plate shows it was worth about 8 Swedish dollars, called dalers. In 1663 this plate could buy four pigs.
What is this plate money made of?
This Swedish plate money is made of copper metal. When it was made in 1663, Sweden had a lot of copper in its mines, but very little silver metal. This made silver much more valuable than copper. This huge copper plate was worth about the same amount as the three smaller silver coins below. |