Denmark 1624 12 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10148
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This specimen was lot 10148 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €192 (about US$200). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 12 Skilling, 1624. Christian IV. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1624-25 and we believe it to be the second issue of the denomination after KM 85 of 1622-23. Throughout the sixteenth century, one speciedaler was 96 skilling; at some point in the 1620's, it was raised to 144 skilling. 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: 3.07 g, 0.859 fine silver, 19.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 91; Hede-132; Sieg-62; Schou-95; AH-23.16.2. Bruun 5415.

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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