Denmark 1619-RFP 2 krone Fr-54

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1028

This specimen was lot 1028 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,

"Extremely Rare 2 Krone in Gold, DENMARK. Gold 2 Krone, 1619. Elsinore Mint; Privy Mark: Crossed Clubs. Christian IV. NGC MS-62. Mintmaster: Johan Post. An EXCEEDINGLY RARE type and the best of the only three to four examples in private hands, presenting both considerable amounts of luster and a warm gold toning. Nicely struck and an example certainly not lacking for beauty."

This series of gold coins included a half krone (Fr-56), single krone (Fr-55) and double krone (shown here). Only the double krone was struck after 1619, being produced intermittently until 1648. Varieties exist in the arabesques bracketing the arms. 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: 5.94 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 5.94 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-54; KM-74.1; Hede-25B; Sieg-134.2; Schou-1; Bruun-5109.

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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Denmark 1619-RFP 2 krone Fr-54

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