Denmark 1651 hvid

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10206

This specimen was lot 10206 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €216 (about US$225). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Hvid, 1651. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58 Brown. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This one was struck 1651 only and was the next to last issue of this denomination. We're not sure of the face value of the hvid after the manipulations of the 1620's but it was likely one-third skilling.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.62 g, copper, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-175; Hede-129; Sieg-1; Schou-75; Bruun-6061.

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.

Links to:

• 1650 skilling
• 1650 2 skilling
• 1650 speciedaler
• 1651 søsling
• 1651 2 skilling, "II/ SKIL/ DANS"
• 1651 krone, "DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT" right to left
• 1651 krone, "DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT" left to right
• 1651 double krone
• 1651 ducat
• 1652 skilling, reverse legend "NOR • VAN • GOTO • R • "
• 1652 2 mark
• 1652 krone, bust obverse, "DOMIN⁹:PROVID:"
• 1652 4 mark, monogram obverse
• 1652 half ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1651