Denmark (1481-1513) skilling
This specimen was lot 10120 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €129 (about US$149). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Skilling, ND (1481-1513). Malmö Mint. Hans. NGC VF Details--Cleaned. Partial weak strike on both sides, as expected for the type. Some sharp details remain in some parts of the legends. From the L.E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Joh. G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale - 1918); later published by the Danish Numismatic Society." This undated skilling was struck at Malmö; other skillings were made at Copenhagen. Note the crown mintmark. At this time one gulden was 48 skilling or 144 hvide.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.06 g, silver, this specimen 1.99 g.
Catalog reference: Galster-29; Sieg-6; Schou-52; Bruun-3878.
- 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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