Denmark 1670-GK 3 mark Fr-130

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1095

This specimen was lot 1095 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$9,974 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Lovely Fractional Ducat in Enviable Condition, DENMARK. 1/4 Ducat, 1670. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-64. Mintmaster: Gotfred Krüger (GK). A pleasing near-Gem example of this popular 1/4 Ducat, offering brilliant luster and sharp eye appeal throughout. A most enviable example of this SCARCE type, presenting nearly as well as when this piece was first produced."

The SCWC catalogs this rare type as a quarter ducat (the weight is correct) but "III MARCK DANSKE" is clearly marked on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.87 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 0.87 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-130; KM-325; Hede-42; Sieg-103; Schou-3; Aagaard-66.1; Bruun-6731.

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.

Links to:

Denmark 1670-GK 3 mark Fr-130

Navigation menu

Search