Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693-CW 2 mark

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10299
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This specimen was lot 10299 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €216 (about US$225). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Mark, 1693-CW. Gluckstadt Mint. Christian V. NGC EF-45. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck at Gluckstadt 1693-94. The Copenhagen mint switched to a two mark with a bust obverse in 1693. 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, 32.5 mm diameter, this specimen 11.07 g.

Catalog reference: KM-80.1; Hede-126A; Sieg-135.1; Schou-55; Bruun-7150.

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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