Denmark 1665-GK 5 ducats Fr-81

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1081

This specimen was lot 1081 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €102,000 (about US$113,037 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Handsome 5 Ducats with Stunningly Appealing Luster, DENMARK. 1/2 Portugaloser (5 Ducats), 1665. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-61. Mintmaster: Gotfred Krüger (GK). Engraver: Jeremias Hercules. A gleaming and superb example, meticulously struck as would be expected from a presentation piece. Only a handful of examples are known of which half are privately owned. The obverse die was later used in the production of 2 Mark silver coins (Aagaard 149), whereas the elegant reverse is known only as a presentation pattern in silver and as 5 Ducats presumably for the personal use of the king. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex: Peter v. Hemmert Collection (Copenhagen - 2/1807) Lot # 96."

The only other Danish gold coin for 1665 is a tiny 3 marck Danske (Fr-129) although we note a rare ducat from Norway (Fr-4).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.46 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 17.46 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-81; KM-253; Hede-72; Sieg-140A; Schou-4; Aagaard-147.1; Bruun-6436.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
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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