Danish West Indies 1878 5 cents
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This specimen was lot 23413 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "DANISH WEST INDIES. 5 Cents, 1878. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IX. NGC MS-64. A choice example of an uncommon type. Fully struck and very original, the grade is perhaps limited by a stain around the letters of the king's name." This type was struck for the Danish West Indies (now the U. S. Virgin Islands) in 1878-79, along with a ten and twenty cents. In 1917, Denmark sold its share of the West Indies to the United States.
Recorded mintage: 500,000 for 1878-79, a common date.
Specification: 1.74 g, 0.625 fine silver, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-69; Sieg-21.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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