Denmark 1645 16 skilling
This specimen was lot 69 in Schulman auction 385 (Amsterdam, July 2025), where it sold for €100 (about US$142 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Denmark - 1 Mark 1645, Silver, CHRISTIAN IV 1588-1648 Crowned monogram. Rev. Text over date. Nearly very fine." This type was struck 1644-46. The auctioneers call this a mark but it is listed in the SCWC as a 16 skilling ("XVI:SKILLING:" on the coin). It was accompanied by a skilling (KM 131), two skilling (KM 132), four skilling (KM 133.1) and two mark (KM 137). Christian IV (r. 1588-1648) had a long but not particularly successful reign. Denmark lost the Torstenson War and had to cede Jämtland, Härjedalen, Idre, Särna, the Baltic Sea islands of Gotland and Ösel, and the province of Halland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.56 g, 0.593 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, this specimen 5.13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 136.2, Sieg 71.3.
- 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]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 385, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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