Denmark 1651 2 skilling KM-178

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10204
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This specimen was lot 10204 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1651. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC EF-40. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale-1918)." The SCWC notes several two skilling for 1651: KM 158 ("II/ SKIL/ NGDA/ NSK"), 178 (shown here) and A159. This one, struck 1651 only, had the value on the reverse expressed as "II/ SKIL/ DANS". It had a face value of 1/48 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.29 g, 0.281 fine silver, 19.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-178; Hede-126A; Sieg-15.1; Schou-49; Bruun-6048.

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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