Denmark (1670-99) 2 ducats Fr-204

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1122
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This specimen was lot 1122 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,

"Alluring City View Double Ducat with Brilliant Luster, DENMARK. Gold 2 Ducats, ND (1670-99). Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-64. EXCESSIVELY RARE with only a very few in private hands. A genuinely superb jewel of a coin on which the level of detail in the city view makes you dream you could be there.

Underneath the text "Hafnia Dania" (Copenhagen - Denmark) is shown a magnificent view of the capital seen from the harbor, from which it clearly emerges that it was not without a reason that Copenhagen was dubbed, "City of Towers". The amusing obverse with the personification of the winds blowing from the clouds over a monogrammed pyramid, bears the legend: NEC VI NEC METU ("Neither with violence, nor fear") referring to the just reign of the king. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex: Peter v. Hemmert Collection (Copenhagen - 2/1807) Lot # 192."

This appears to us to be a medal, not a coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 6.87 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-204; KM-458; Hede-56; Sieg-114; Schou-12; Bruun-7243.

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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