Denmark 1620-RFP krone Dav-3517

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Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 591
bird mintmark
from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10120
clover mintmark
from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10126
crossed daggers mintmark

The first specimen was lot 591 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Krone (4 Mark), 1620. Christian IV (1588-1648). NGC AU Details--Rim Damage. Bird mintmark. Small edge nick at 12 o'clock. Well struck and attractively toned." The second specimen was lot 10120 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €336 (about US$350). The catalog description[2] noted, "DENMARK. Krone, 1620. Christian IV. NGC AU Details--Reverse Scratch. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)." The third specimen was lot 10126 in the same sale, where it sold for €2,040 (about US$2,126). The catalog description[2] noted, "DENMARK. Krone, 1620. Christian IV. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. Very rare sub-type. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: August K. Krautwald Collection (Private Sale - 1916)." Danish crowns of the seventeenth century range from the scarce to the obscenely rare. Either they were melted extensively or the poverty of the king prevented large issues or both. This type of 1619-22 is not the most expensive but still runs twice the price of a contemporary thaler from Brunswick or Saxony. It is on the light side to be considered a thaler but we include it as a nod to Davenport. Three mintmarks are recorded for 1620; the bird shown first is the scarcest.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 18.9 g, 0.859 fine silver. the third specimen is 18.56 g.

Catalog reference: the first specimen KM-59a; Sieg-84.3; Hede-106c; Dav-3517. the second specimen is KM-59a; Dav-3517; Hede-106A; Sieg-84.4; Schou-12; AH-12.6.5; Bruun-5156. the third specimen is Dav-3517; KM-59a; Hede-106B; Sieg-84.10; Schou-32; AH-13.2.7; Bruun-5197.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
  • [2]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.

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