Denmark 1661 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10237

This specimen was lot 10237 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €780 (about US$813). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 1 Skilling, 1661. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC EF-45. Listed under 2 Skillings by Hede. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale-1918)." This type was struck 1661 only and was worth 1/96 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.90 g, 0.156 fine silver, 16.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-A185; Hede-134a; Sieg-10; Schou-62; Bruun-6381.

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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