Denmark 1667 2 skilling KM-281

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10250
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This specimen was lot 10250 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €528 (about US$550). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1667. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1667 and 1669 in numerous varieties (KM 249, KM 281, KM 282.1, KM 282.2 and KM 283). This one is distinguished by the ornate shield on the obverse. The mintmark is a clasp. Two skilling was 1/48 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.29 g, 0.281 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-281; Hede-139A; Sieg-22.1; Schou-112; Bruun-6609.

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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