Denmark 1668-GK 2 mark

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10255
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This specimen was lot 10255 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$938). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Mark, 1668. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC EF-45. Rare variation with flowers under monogram on obverse. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale-1922). Ex: Alfred Benzon Collection (Copenhagen-1885/1888) Lot # 1428." This type was struck 1666-68. Another two mark struck in 1668 was KM 298, which lacks the mintmaster's initials and has the date on the left. Two mark was half a krone or one-third speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.13 g, 0.671 fine silver, this specimen 11.10 g.

Catalog reference: KM-284; Hede-115; Sieg-40; Schou-47; Aagaard-160.1; Bruun-6664.

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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