Denmark 1649 2 skilling KM-158

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10199
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This specimen was lot 10199 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €456 (about US$475). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1649. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. Bright luster. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The SCWC records a pair of two skilling struck in 1649: KM 157 and 158 (shown here). This one, struck 1648-51, has the reverse legend "NOR·VAN·GOTO·Q·REX", referring to Frederick's status as king crowned, not just king elect.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.21 g, 0.281 fine silver, 18.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-158; Hede-124; Sieg-14.1; Schou-40; Bruun-6006.

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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