Denmark-Gluckstadt 1703 8 skilling
This specimen was lot 10222 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €170.80 (about US$197). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 8 Skilling, 1703. Glückstadt Mint. Frederik IV. NGC AU-58. Nice example with minimal wear. Die cracks on the obverse and weak strike towards the center. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1702-04 at Glückstadt although Numista mentions a 1705. A similar eight skilling (KM 470) was struck in Copenhagen 1700-05 with a heart mintmark. Frederick IV was king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Eight skilling was 1/8 krone or 1/12 speciedaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.05 g, 0.562 fine silver, 20.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1; Hede-58; Sieg-55.1; Schou-5; Bruun-7324 and 7342.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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