Denmark-Gluckstadt 1695-CW krone Dav-3680
This specimen was lot 10307 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$250). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Krone, 1695-CW. Gluckstadt Mint. Christian V. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck in Gluckstadt 1694-96. The krone struck in Copenhagen had been revised in 1693 to reduce the weight and increase the purity (Dav-3648) but this was not done in Gluckstadt. Christian V was king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein. One krone was four mark or two-thirds speciedaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.671 fine silver, this specimen 21.88 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-3680; KM-80; Hede-125C; Sieg-139; Schou-17; Bruun-7200.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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:
- 1694-♥ ½ skilling
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694 skilling
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694 8 skilling
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694-CW 2 mark
- 1694-CW krone, laurel wreath obverse
- 1694-♥ krone (4 mark)
- 1694-♥ half ducat
- 1694-♥ ducat, monogram reverse
- 1694-♥ ducat, crown reverse
- 1695-♥ 8 skilling
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1695 8 skilling
- 1695-♥ krone
- 1695-♥ triple krone (12 mark)
- 1696-♥ krone (4 mark)
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1696-CW krone Dav-3680
- (1696) ducat
- 1696 double ducat
- Coins and currency dated 1695