Denmark-Gluckstadt 1623 sosling
This specimen was lot 10189 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €512.40 (about US$591). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Søsling Lybsk, 1623. Glückstadt Mint. Christian IV. NGC Fine Details--Bent. Scarce date. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1623-25 and undated. A variety exists for 1623 with a two digit date. Christian IV (r. 1588-1648), king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein, where this was struck, had a long but only moderately successful reign. His war with Sweden and his intervention in the Thirty Years War were costly and brought little gain. One speciedaler was 96 søsling Lybsk.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.46 g, 0.888 fine silver, 18.6 mm diameter. (0.63 g, 0.312 fine silver per Numista.)
Catalog reference: KM-10; Hede-171; Sieg-163.1; Schou-83; Bruun-5362.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
Links to:
- Denmark 1622 8 skilling, Frederiksborg mint
- Denmark 1623 12 skilling
- (16)23 1/16 speciedaler
- (1)623 speciedaler
- (1)623 10 ducats (portugaloser)
- Denmark-Gluckstadt (16)24 1/16 speciedaler
- 1625-☘ hvid
- (16)25 søsling Lybsk
- Denmark-Gluckstadt (16)25 1/16 speciedaler
- (1)625 6 skilling Lybsk
- Coins and currency dated 1623