Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694 8 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10304
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This specimen was lot 10304 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €552 (about US$575). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 8 Skilling, 1694. Gluckstadt Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-62. Nice quality for type. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1694-97; the mintmark is crossed axes. The SCWC notes two varieties for 1694: KM 82.1 (counterclockwise obverse lettering) and KM 82.2 (clockwise obverse lettering, shown here). Christian V was king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Eight skilling was 1/8 krone or 1/12 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.057 g, 0.562 fine silver, 22.4 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-82.2; Hede-127A; Sieg-133.2; Schou-42; Bruun-7185.

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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