Denmark 1663 speciedaler Dav-3549
This specimen was lot 1078 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €36,000 (about US$39,895 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Extremely Beautiful Speciedaler with Striking Obverse Design, One of Two Known Examples, DENMARK. Speciedaler, 1663. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC Unc Details--Cleaned. Whereas the only other known example in the National Museum of Denmark has been holed, the present piece, although having been cleaned long ago, is highly attractive. A legendary RARITY and one of the most beautiful of all the silver coins of Frederik III. The piece is unfortunately not signed but the unusually sophisticated and intricate design and the overall technical and artistic quality point in the direction that this is possibly a trial from the hands of an unknown foreign master.
The coin was formerly in the famed collection of Dr. Antoine-Feill, Hamburg, and was bought by Bruun in the auction conducted by Joseph Hamburger, Frankfurt in 1907."
This type was struck in 1663 along with a more conventional speciedaler with a bust obverse (Dav-3548).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.77 g, 0.875 fine silver, 44 mm diameter, this specimen 29.72 g.
Catalog reference: KM-248; Dav-3549; Hede-65; Sieg-83; Schou-16; Aagaard-98.1; Bruun-6405.
- 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, 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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