Denmark 1668 2 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10256
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This specimen was lot 10256 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €408 (about US$425). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1668. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-62. Lovely coin with nice luster. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1667-70. Another variety (KM 282.2) has a flat top to the shield on the obverse. Neither has mintmaster's initials. The mintmark was a clasp. Two skilling was 1/48 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.21 g, 0.281 fine silver, 18-18.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-282.1; H-140A; Sieg-23.2; Schou-85; Bruun-6676.

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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