Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694-CW 2 mark

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10303
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This specimen was lot 10303 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. 2 Mark, 1694-CW. Gluckstadt Mint. Christian V. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1694 and 1696. For 1694, the SCWC notes the varieties KM 80.1 (large monogram in palm wreath) and KM 80.2 (small monogram in laurel wreath, shown here). 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, 32.1 mm diameter, this specimen 11.10 g.

Catalog reference: KM-80.2; Hede-126B; Sieg-136; Schou-34; Bruun-7181.

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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