Denmark-Gluckstadt 1696-CW krone Dav-3680

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10309
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This specimen was lot 10309 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,920 (about US$2,001). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Krone, 1696-CW. Gluckstadt Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-62. Detailed strike with intriguing original patination. 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, 40 mm diameter, this specimen 22.07 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-3680; KM-80; Hede-125C; Sieg-139; Schou-29; Bruun-7229.

Source:

  • 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.

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