Royal Wedding in Sweden

[Marek]

Hi there,
I received 2 coins from Sweden, dedicated to Royal Wedding there, just a few facts:
Princess Victoria's wedding in June, 19 was  a historical event in Sweden. It is the first time a female heir to the throne has gotten married.

In its history, Sweden has only been ruled by three queens. The last time there was a queen on the throne was almost 300 years ago.

Queen Margaret ruled Sweden between 1389 and 1396 and Queen Christina between 1632 and 1654. The last reigning queen, Ulrika Eleonora, ruled Sweden between 1718 and 1720.

The Central Bank of Sweden  issued an official collector coin in honour of Victoria and Daniel Westling's wedding. The silver coin is worth 300 Swedish Crowns and the gold coin is worth 4,000 Swedish Crowns.

Value   4,000 Crowns
Medal   gold 900/1000
Weight   12.00 g
Diameter   26 mm
Mintage   unlimited
Price   4,000 Crowns

Value   300 Crowns
Metal   silver 925/1000
Weight   27.03 g
Diameter   36 mm
Mintage   unlimited
Price   300 Crowns

Marek

[Nevol]

A couple nice commemoratives.  Thanks for showing them Marek!

[Humpybong]

Thanks Marek, very informative and very nice looking coins

[Templar]

BEAUTIFUL COINS AND AS FAR AS HISTORY...ISN'T HE A COMMONER......I READ IN THE PAPERS THAT HE WORKED FOR HER ONCE...........HE MUST HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD AT HIS JOB

       YOUR FRIEND AND SERVANT.........THE TEMPLAR

[scottishmoney]

Yes, he was her personal fitness trainer.  She was a bit "womanly" for awhile, and got lots of flak in press because of it.  So she hired this guy as fitness trainer, she lose this weight and gain a husband.

I have coins of a couple of the Swedish queens, but my favourite is of Kristina - she was one of the most fascinating monarchs of the 17th century in my opinion.  She gave up her throne, inheritance everything to become a nun in a convent in Italy.  And why is still a mystery.

[Templar]

MAYBE THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS WERE BETTER AS A NUN THAN AS QUEEN OR MAYBE IT WAS THE ITALIAN FOOD.........HERRING IS GOOD BUT YOU CAN ONLY EAT SO MUCH OF IT........HERE'S TO A GREAT LADY WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW HER CONVICTIONS

        I RAISE MY GLASS TO QUEEN CHRISTINA........

      YOUR SERVANT AND FRIEND............THE TEMPLAR

[Paint Your Wagon]

The Herring craze has come as far as Belgium
Since last week the new herring 2010 arrived
They clean it and then take the small tail end and sweep their head back and let the herring slide down their throat and chase it with jong jenever
( I never tried it ; but marinated in red vinigar from wine and young onions it is quiet
pleasant )

[Nighthawk]

Beautiful coins Marek. Thanks for sharing!   

[Templar]

OVER HERE YOU CAN GET PICKLED HERRING WHICH HAS ONIONS -VINEGAR-SALT -HERRING CHUNKS--MARINATED AND DELICIOUS.........ALSO THEY SELL CREAMED HERRING...ALSO DELICIOUS....BUT I AM NOT SURE OF THE CONTENTS.....AND I THINK THEY SMOKE IT TOO

YOU FRIEND.........TEMPLAR

[Templar]

AND CREAMED HERRING

 TEMPLAR

[Paint Your Wagon]

Every supermarket here has two types of jars
One is rolmops in vinigar or in mayonaise
Of course eaten with french fries 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollmops

[Paint Your Wagon]

Fresh sold on marketdays and in fresh fish shops

The herrings are ripened for a couple of days in oak barrels in a salty solution, or brine. The pancreatic enzymes which support the ripening make this version of salt herring especially mild and soft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soused_herring

[Paint Your Wagon]

This is how I buy it
Peeled haring with onions in vinegar
( It is like rolmops but peeled and no wooden stick)

[Triggersmob]

How did we go from some beautiful coins to yukky herrings?

[Templar]

SOME OF THE YUCKIEST FOODS COST LOTS OF COINS........CAVIAR COMES TO MIND......CERTAIN FISH.......BIRDNEST SOUP.....REAL TURTLE SOUP.....JAPANESE MASSAGED STEAKS.........AND GOOD FRENCH FRIES FOR MY FRIEND,AUGUST------I DO LOVE FRENCH FRIES............HERE IN THE U.S. THEY SERVE FRENCH FRIES WITH CHILI ON TOP, I MUST SAY IT ISN'T TOO BAD........I BET THEY DIDN'T SERVE FRIES AT THE WEDDING

          TEMPLAR

[scottishmoney]

Nah, those are referred to as "freedom fries" - remember all that nonsense?  Actually the French call them pomme de terre - literally earth apples.

And they are good with mayo, like the Belgians eat them.

[Paint Your Wagon]

Nah, those are referred to as "freedom fries" - remember all that nonsense?  Actually the French call them pomme de terre - literally earth apples.

And they are good with mayo, like the Belgians eat them.

pommes de terre are the potato
pommes frites are the fries

All of belgium and holland mainly eats them with mayonaise
allthough for brits they keep a bottle of vinegar to pour over them

[scottishmoney]

I eat them with mustard, vinegar or mayo, just not catsup/ketchup.

[Templar]

YOU CAN'T BEAT THE TASTE OF GOOD TOMATO KETSUP OVER SOME JUST FRIED POTATOES.............I KNOW ALL THE OTHER THINGS ARE GOOD BUT PLEASE PASS ME THE KATSUP

   YOUR FRIEND AND SERVANT..........THE TOMATO TEMPLAR

[Triggersmob]

From a beautiful Swedish coin to Herrings and now Ketchup, we really do get off topic easy, don't we? LOL

Just for the records, there is nothing better than a pie with ketchup (tomato sauce),  and I do like
my french fries with salt and vinegar and dipped in mayo.