Danish West Indies 1840 20 skilling
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This specimen was lot 40217 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "DANISH WEST INDIES. 20 Skilling, 1840. Christian VIII. NGC PROOF-61. VERY RARE in proof as is the case here, this delightful specimen offers light gray surfaces with intense brilliance and only lightly scattered marks in the fields. An olive-golden hue near the peripheries merely augments is resounding appeal." This was the first issue of this denomination since 1816. The Danish West Indies were sold to the United States in 1917 and are now the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Recorded mintage: est. 50,000.
Specification: 4.87 g, 0.625 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-17.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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