Denmark (1607-11) 2 speciedaler Dav-LS529

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1052
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This specimen was lot 1052 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €38,400 (about US$42,555 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Stunning Near-Choice Double Speciedaler Inspired by the German Lösers, DENMARK. 2 Speciedaler, ND (1607-11). Elsinore Mint. Christian IV. NGC MS-62. Mintmaster: Hans Flemming. A categorically sublime example, radiant and with meticulous details. This stunning presentation coin, inspired by the German Lösers, rather unusually shows the king wearing a feathered hat. The mint at Elsinore (Helsingør), the city of Shakespeare's Hamlet, was only active from 1607 to 1611, in which period it was run by the Dutchman, Hans Flemming."

This coin is nicknamed the breddaler (broad thaler). Varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 58.46 g, 0.888 fine silver, 51.3 mm diameter, this specimen 56.36 g.

Catalog reference: KM-147; Dav-LS529 or Dav-3537B; Hede-63D; Sieg-113.2; Schou-20; Bruun-5846.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
  • 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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