Denmark (15)83 hvid
This specimen was lot 10154 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €317.20 (about US$366). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Hvid, 1583. Frederiksborg Mint. Frederik II. NGC AU-55. A good example of the earliest milled coinage of Denmark. From the L.E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Joh. G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale - 1918)." This hvid was struck 1582-83 and was the smallest denomination. One speciedaler was 96 skilling or 192 hvid. Frederick II ruled 1559-88. Wikipedia comments, "Frederick was, especially in his youth and unlike his father, belligerent and adversarial, aroused by honor and national pride, and so he began his reign auspiciously with a campaign under the aged Johan Rantzau, which reconquered Dithmarschen. However, after miscalculating the cost of the Northern Seven Years' War, he pursued a more prudent foreign policy."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.63 g, 0.166 fine silver, 15-16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Hede-29; Sieg-2; Schou-23; Bruun-4563.
- 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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