Denmark (15)79 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10071

This specimen was lot 10071 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €960 (about US$1,001). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Skilling, 1579. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik ll. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Mint master: Poul Gulden. Scarce single year type with steel gray toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex: Christoph Daniel von Kreber Collection. Ex: George Friderich Timm Collection." We don't know why this specimen is so overweight.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.77 g, 0.187 fine silver, this specimen 3.02 g.

Catalog reference: Hede-21; Sieg-4; Schou-9; Bruun-4529.

Source:

• 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.

Links to:

• 1572 speciedaler
• (15)79 hvid
• (15)82-♁ skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1579