Denmark (1618-19) hvid
This specimen was lot 10189 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €264 (about US$275). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Hvid, ND. (1618-1619). Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-58. Nice lustrous appearance for type. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This undated type was struck with a clover mintmark (KM 63.2) or cross daggers mintmark (KM 63.1, shown here). It was worth 1/192 speciedaler. Christian IV (r. 1588-1648), king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein, had a long but only moderately successful reign. His war with Sweden and his intervention in the Thirty Years War were costly and brought little gain.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.56 g, 0.094 fine silver, 14.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-63.1; Hede-102b; Sieg-8.1; Schou-139; Bruun-5888.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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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