Denmark (1677-78) 8 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10310

This specimen was lot 10310 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,920 (about US$2,001). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Uniface 8 Skilling Klippe, ND (1677-1678). Christianstad. Christian V. NGC Unc Details--Cleaned. Siege coinage minted in copper during the Swedish siege of Christianstad 1677-78. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This siege also occasioned the striking of two and four skilling and one mark coins.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 11.87 g.

Catalog reference: KM-8 (listed under Sweden); Hede-133A; Sieg-149.1; Schou-52; Bruun-7279.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
• 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.

Links to:

• 1677 2 skilling
• Denmark (1677-78) 4 skilling siege coinage
• Coins and currency dated 1677