Denmark 1657 2 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10222

This specimen was lot 10222 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, 1657. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck struck 1657-64. Two skilling was 1/48 of a speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.29 g, 0.281 fine silver, 19.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-209; Hede-132A; Sieg-18.2; Schou-55; Bruun-6239.

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:

• 1655 2 skilling, oval arms
• 1655 krone (4 mark)
• 1655 gold krone
• 1655-HK speciedaler
• 1655-HK 5 ducats (½ portugaloser)
• 1657 krone (4 mark)
• 1657-HK speciedaler
• 1657 ducat
• 1658 2 mark
• 1658 krone (4 mark)
• Coins and currency dated 1657