Denmark-Gluckstadt 1682 2 mark
This specimen was lot 10281 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,680 (about US$1,751). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Mark, 1682. Gluckstadt Mint. Christian V. NGC AU-50. Lovely specimen of this rare date with warm golden toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection. Ex: Peter v. Hemmert Collection." This type was struck at Gluckstadt 1679-81. It has crossed axes for a mintmark; the similar Copenhagen product has initials "GS". Christian V was king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Two mark was half a krone or one-third speciedaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.13 g, 0.671 fine silver, 32 mm diameter, this specimen 10.84 g.
Catalog reference: KM-65; Hede-122; Sieg-134; Schou-28; Bruun-6980.
- 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.
Links to:
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1680 ducat Fr-141
- 1681-GS skilling
- 1681-GS 2 skilling
- 1681-GS 2 mark
- 1681-GS krone
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1681 krone Dav-3678
- 1681-GS ducat
- 1682-GS krone
- 1682 4 mark (krone), Glückstadt mint
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1682 ducat Fr-176
- 1684-GS 2 mark
- 1684-GS krone
- Coins and currency dated 1682