Denmark 1669-FCH speciedaler Dav-3563

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1093

This specimen was lot 1093 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €10,200 (about US$11,304 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Beautiful Mint State Example with Engaging Blue Toning, The Finest in Private Hands, DENMARK. Speciedaler, 1669. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-61. Mintmaster: Frederik Caspar Herbach (FCH). Engraver: Jeremias Hercules. Of the handful of known examples, this is by far the best. Bright luster is complemented by rich colorful toning and good eye appeal. A most deserving specimen worthy of much consideration from specialists in the series. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). The 1928 Bruun catalog records this coin as being ex Timm, but the handwritten Bille-Brahe ledger held at the Danish National Museum notes that the Timm specimen was sorted out of the Bille-Brahe collection as a duplicate before Bruun's purchase of the collection."

This is the only date of this type. Another undated speciedaler exists for 1669 (Dav-3565) with initials "GK".

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.75 g, 0.875 fine silver, 43-44 mm diameter, this specimen 28.65 g.

Catalog reference: KM-308; Dav-3563; Hede-78B; Sieg-94.2; Schou-13; Aagaard-114.1; Bruun-6697.

Source:

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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