Denmark 1620 4 kroneskilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10123
clover mintmark
from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10133
bird mintmark

The first specimen was lot 10123 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €504 (about US$525). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Kroneskilling, 1620. Christian IV. NGC AU-55. Beautifully preserved and toned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: August K. Krautwald Collection (Private Sale - 1916)." The second specimen was lot 10133 in the same sale, where it sold for €660 (about US$688). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Kroneskilling, 1620. Christian IV. NGC AU-58. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: L. Chr. Petersen Collection (Copenhagen, 1917), Lot# 565." This type was struck 1620-21 with numerous mintmarks (clover, crossed swords, bird, crossed axes, half flower) and was worth 1/36 speciedaler, the result of a devaluation. "· R · F · P ·" is not a mintmark but the king's motto, "REGNA FIRMAT PIETAS". Christian IV (r. 1588-1648) 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.05 g, 0.859 fine silver, 17.7 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: the first specimen KM-81; Hede-115A; Sieg-45.1; Schou-140; AH-18.2.1; Bruun-5179. the second specimen KM-81; Hede-115C; Sieg-45.3; Schou-171; Bruun-5232.

Source:

  • 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, 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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