Denmark-Gluckstadt 1658-IS sosling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10226
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This specimen was lot 10226 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €168 (about US$175). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Søsling Lybsk, 1658. Gluckstadt Mint. Frederik III. NGC EF-40. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1658-60. A søsling or sechsling was half a skilling. The initials IS stood for Jacob Schwiegelt, mint master in Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein, 1644-1660.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.70 g, 0.704 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-41; Hede-150; Sieg-146; Schou-106; Bruun-6271.

Source:

  • 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, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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