Denmark (1517-25) skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10039

This specimen was lot 10039 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,320 (about US$1,375). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Skilling, ND (1517-1525). Visby Mint. Christian II. NGC AU-58. A sublime piece struck by Søren Norby, whose name can be seen on the obverse. 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: 2.37 g, 0.375 fine silver, 26.8 mm diameter, this specimen 2.44 g.

Catalog reference: Galster-144; Sieg-11; Schou-1; Llt-1a; Delzanno-74; Bruun-4118.

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:

• (1517-25) hvid, Visby mint
• 151٨ skilling
• Denmark (1518-22) klippe, Malmö mint
• (1523-33) penning
• (1523-33) hvid, Aalborg mint
• (15)23 10 hvide
• 1523 gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1517