Denmark (1668-69) 10 ducats

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1096

This specimen was lot 1096 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €444,000 (about US$492,041 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Magnificent and Visually Stunning Choice Mint State 10 Ducats, A Masterwork of Scandinavian Artistry Rendered in Fine Gold, DENMARK. 10 Ducats (Portugaloser), ND (1668-69). Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-63★. Mintmaster: Gotfred Krüger. The only other example known is in the National Museum of Denmark (Beskrivelsen 884, Pl. XIX,4). An immensely attractive monumental showpiece and a true numismatic treasure, this example is of unsurpassable beauty with shimmering fields and delicately frosted devices.
This 10 Ducat was struck with the same dies that were used for the Speciedaler 1669, which carried the date on the edge. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 34.9 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 34.46 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-Unlisted; KM-Unlisted; Hede-80B (mistakenly listed as 80A); Sieg-96.2; Schou-3; Aagaard-119.2; Bruun-6736.

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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