Denmark 1602 4 skilling
This specimen was lot 10162 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €854 (about US$985). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1602. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC EF-45. Extremely rare date. Attractive example with a retouched reverse die on the "Q" and on the "R" of REX. From the L.E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)." This four skilling was struck at Copenhagen 1602, 1604 and 1609 and was worth 1/24 speciedaler. Christian IV (r. 1588-1648), king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein, where this was struck, 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. One speciedaler was 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.46 g, 0.453 fine silver, 26.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-11; Hede-78A; Sieg-39.1; Schou-9; Bruun-4637.
- 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, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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