Denmark (15)35 4 skilling
The first specimen was lot 10043 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €780 (about US$813). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1535. Aarhus Mint. Christian III. NGC AU-53. Rare variation with date under portrait. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The second specimen was lot 10044 in the same sale, where it sold for €360 (about US$375). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1535. Copenhagen Mint. Christian III. NGC AU-55. Excellent condition and toning on this coin, which bears Copenhagen's Latin name 'Hafniensis'. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The third specimen was lot 10045 in the same sale, where it sold for €240 (about US$250). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1535. Ribe Mint. Christian III. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage. Well-struck for type . From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The fourth specimen was lot 10048 in the same sale, where it sold for €216 (about US$225). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1535. Roskilde Mint. Christian III. NGC AU-58. A very large emission; Schou lists 91 variations! Struck to pay off the German mercenaries camping i[n] Roskilde during the siege of Copenhagen. Light corrosion at obverse rim. While it is listed in the Bruun 1928 catalogue as Schou-196, it is in fact -197. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." At this time one gulden was 48 skilling; the specie daler would not appear until later.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.06-3.11 g, 0.250 fine silver. The first specimen 4.07 g. The second specimen 2.87 g. The third specimen 2.69 g. The fourth specimen 2.52 g.
Catalog reference: The first specimen Galster-95A; Sieg-8.1; Schou-68; Bruun-4160. The second specimen Galster-104; Sieg-10; Schou-107; Bruun-4174. The third specimen Galster-107; Sieg-9; Schou-141; Bruun-4184. The fourth specimen Galster-99; Sieg-11; Schou-197; Bruun-4213.
- 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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