Denmark (1699) 2 ducats Fr-209

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1124
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This specimen was lot 1124 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €33,600 (about US$37,236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Lightly Circulated and Yet Impressive Dual Portrait 2 Ducats, DENMARK. 2 Ducats, ND (1699). Copenhagen Mint. Frederik IV. NGC AU-58. Mintmaster: Christian Wineke. Engraver: Anton Meybusch. A very pleasing example that accentuates the brilliant portraits of Meybusch. EXTREMELY RARE with probably no more than four examples in private ownership. Struck in commemoration of the royal succession on August 25th 1699.

Christian V, who was an enthusiastic huntsman, died from injuries that were inflicted upon him by a stag, the antlers of which are still preserved in the Royal collection at Rosenborg Castle."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 6.90 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-209; KM-461; Hede-3; Sieg-36; Schou-4; Kold-148c; Bruun-7291.

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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