Denmark-Gluckstadt 1666-IW speciedaler Dav-3673

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1086
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This specimen was lot 1086 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €28,800 (about US$31,916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Strikingly Designed and Well Preserved Speciedaler, DENMARK. Speciedaler, 1666. Gluckstadt Mint. Frederik III. NGC Unc Details--Reverse Cleaned. Mintmaster: Johan Woltereck (IW). Although possibly ever so lightly cleaned at one point, this example, with its multicolored tone around the obverse legends, is absolutely enchanting. The only other known example rests in the National Museum of Denmark.

The figure of Fortuna has been added to the reverse die with a punch instead of being engraved directly in the die. This seems to be the earliest use of a punch this large in Danish coin production."

This rare type is also listed for 1664 along with a speciedaler from Copenhagen (Fr-3553). It was struck for Frederik in his role of duke of Holstein.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.77 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 28.59 g.

Catalog reference: KM-51; Dav-3673; Hede-148; Sieg-156; Schou-20; Aagaard-11.2; not in Lange; Bruun-6558.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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