Denmark (1440-48) hvid
This specimen was lot 10118 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €488 (about US$563). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Hvid, ND (1440-48). Malmø Mint. Christopher III, 'of Bavaria'. NGC AU-50. Sharp example for the type. Well struck and fully legible legends. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." Christopher was a German princeling elected king of Denmark, Sweden and Norway after his uncle, Erik of Pomerania, was deposed. This undated hvid, or quarter skilling, was struck at Malmö. At this time one gulden was 48 skilling or 144 hvide.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.75 g, silver, 17-18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Galster-20A; Sieg-2.1; Bruun-3764 (illustrated plate 34).
- 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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