Denmark-Gluckstadt 1666 1/16 speciedaler
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This specimen was lot 10246 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €660 (about US$688). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 1/16 Speciedaler (3 Skilling Lybsk), 1666-IW. Gluckstadt Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." Frederick III was king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein, where this coin was struck in 1665-67. We don't see the initials "IW" reported in the auction description.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.72 g, 0.812 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-54.1; Hede-152; Sieg-150.3; Schou-118; Bruun-6559.
- 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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