Denmark 1652 4 mark Dav-3569

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10208
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This specimen was lot 10208 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €480 (about US$500). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Krone, 1652. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-50. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." One krone was four mark or two-thirds of a speciedaler. We're calling this a four mark to distinguish it from the krone with the bust obverse (Dav-3567) also struck in 1652. This monogram obverse was used with variations until 1670.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 21.92 g, 0.671 fine silver, 40 mm diameter, this specimen 21.71 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-3569; KM-186.1; Hede-87A; Sieg-44.1; Schou-22; Aagaard 16.1; Bruun-6070.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • 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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