Denmark 1645 1/2 ducat Fr-40

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 23089

This specimen was lot 23089 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 1/2 Ducat, 1645. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-55. "Hebrew" type. So-called on account of the tetragrammaton on the reverse ("Jehovah" or God or four letters in Hebrew), this lightly handled specimen features the king standing on the obverse. Highly brilliant and sporting a golden-yellow hue, and standing as a fairly RARE fractional example of the type. From the Augustana Collection." This type was struck 1644-46 along with a single ducat (Fr-39) and a double ducat (Fr-38) in protest of a Swedish invasion. In the 1645 Treaty of Brömsebro (today part of Karlskrona), Denmark had to cede the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen as well as the islands of Gotland and Ösel to Sweden.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold. This specimen is 1.7 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-40; KM-138.

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.* Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Denmark 1645 1/2 ducat Fr-40

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