Denmark 1663 2 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10238

This specimen was lot 10238 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €360 (about US$375). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1663. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-61. Variation where the "A" on reverse are an [up]side down "V". From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1657-64 and was worth 1/48 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: [KM-209; Hede-132B; Sieg-18.5; Schou-37; Bruun-6409.

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:

• 1661 skilling
• 1661-HK speciedaler, continuous obverse legend
• 1661-HK speciedaler, crown interrupts legend
• 1661-HK double speciedaler
• 1661 ducat
• 1662 2 skilling
• 1662 double ducat
• 1663 speciedaler
• 1663-IS double ducat
• 1664-☘ quadruple ducat
• 1664-CH 5 ducats
• 1665-♣ skilling
• 1665-☘ 2 skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1663