Denmark 1628-RD 2 guldkrone

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1036

This specimen was lot 1036 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €28,800 (about US$31,916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Sharply Detailed Example of this Extremely Rare Type, DENMARK. 2 Guldkrone, 1628. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU Details--Obverse Rim Filed. Mintmark: RD. EXTREMELY RARE with no examples in public auctions for decades, this Ducat delivers charming eye appeal and good strike quality with limited signs of circulation. The noted edge file is visible, though it does not intrude too much, and leaves the design wholly unaffected."

The double gold krone usually seen is Fr-54, with a shield obverse. 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: 5.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 5.91 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-Unlisted; KM-111; Hede-28; Sieg-135; Schou-3; Bruun-5541.

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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