Denmark 1611 1/2 rose noble Fr-49

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1023

This specimen was lot 1023 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €132,000 (about US$146,283 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Alluring Mint State 1/2 Rose Noble of the Highest Rarity, DENMARK. 1/2 Rose Noble, 1611. Copenhagen Mint; Privy Mark: Clover. Christian IV. NGC MS-60. Mintmaster: Nicolaus Schwabe. A spectacular example of this EXCESSIVELY RARE one year type boasting a typical early portrait of the king with a tall, open crown, as a closed crown was not used before 1624. No wear appears atop the designs, with bright brilliance retained in the fields. A touch of strike doubling is noted, particularly along the reve[r]se legends."

This type was struck 1611 only. Varieties exist in the size of the elephant on the reverse. Full rose nobles (Fr-48) exist. Christian IV (r. 1588-1648) had a long but not particularly successful reign. His war with Sweden and his intervention in the Thirty Years War were costly and brought little gain.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.5 g, 0.833 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 4.38 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-49; KM-50.1; Hede-24A; Sieg-142.1; Schou 6; Bruun-4843.

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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