Denmark (1448-81) hvid
This specimen was lot 10119 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €463.60 (about US$535). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Gotland. Hvid, ND (1448-81). Visby Mint. Christian I. NGC AU-50. Attractive well-toned example with minimal wear. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This undated hvid was struck at Visby for the island of Gotland, then under Danish rule. Christian was king of Denmark 1448-81, Norway 1450-81 and Sweden 1457-64, thus briefly reconstituting the Union of Kalmar. At this time one gulden was 48 skilling or 144 hvide.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.75 g, silver, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Galster-139; Sieg-6.1; Schou-106; Bruun-3822.
- 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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