Denmark 1652 1/2 ducat Fr-78

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1061
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This specimen was lot 1061 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €10,800 (about US$11,969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Pleasingly Brilliant Mint State 1/2 Ducat, DENMARK. 1/2 Ducat, 1652. Copenhagen Mint; Privy Mark: Poker. Frederik III. NGC MS-60. Mintmaster: Henrik Köhler. Engraver: Hans zum Busch. Rich luster and exquisite details combine to make the present example what is surely the best of only a handful privately owned examples of this highly sought-after one-year type."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.75 g, 0.979 fine silver, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 1.72 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-78; KM-188; Hede-8; Sieg-105; Schou-1; Aagaard-9.1; Bruun-6063.

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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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