Denmark (1607-08) gold mark Fr-52

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1051
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This specimen was lot 1051 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €40,800 (about US$45,215 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Extremely Rare and Nicely Presented Gold Trial Issue, DENMARK. Gold Trial Issue, ND (1607-1608). Christian IV. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Mintmaster: Nicolaus Schwabe. A ravishing example of this charming, unusual and EXCESSIVELY RARE type. The obverse with the characteristic hovering crown is closely similar to the one used by Schwabe on the Mark issue from 1606 (Hede-92A). Both the flan, the strike, and the size suggest that this is in fact a coin although the weight doesn't match the weight of other gold coins.

Before entering the collection of count Bille-Brahe, this piece was owned by Johan Andreas Ferdinand Wolff (1814-1893). Wolff was a bank director (Bikuben), merchant and Danish consul in Manila. His collection was cataloged by Peter Hauberg, later to become the managing director of the Royal Coin Cabinet, and sold in 1882."

This pattern may be KM Pn3 which is not photographed therein. Friedberg does not give this coin a name so we will follow the SCWC in calling this a mark.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.1 g, gold, this specimen 8.05 g.

Catalog reference: KM Pn3(?), Fr-52; Hede-21; Sieg-152.1; Schou-11; JS-236; Bruun-5841.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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