Denmark (1523-33) hvid
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This specimen was lot 10035 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €432 (about US$450). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Hvid, ND (1523-1533). Aalborg Mint. Frederik I. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Herman H. J. Lynge Collection (Copenhagen, 1899), Lot# 216. An excellent example of this scarce emission." At this time one gulden was 48 skilling or 144 hvide. Hvid means "white" in Danish. The specie daler would not appear until later.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.80 g, billon, 16-17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Galster-77; Sieg-4; Schou-32; Jensen & Skjoldager-31/35; Bruun-4085.
- 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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