Denmark 1671-GK 2 mark

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10263
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This specimen was lot 10263 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €312 (about US$325). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Mark, 1671-GK. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." Frederick III died in 1670 and all the coinage was redesigned for his successor Christian V. This type was struck 1671 only with an ornate monogram; a similar two mark with a plain monogram (KM 329.2) was also struck in 1671. One krone was four mark or two-thirds speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.13 g, 0.671 fine silver, 32 mm diameter, this specimen 10.70 g.

Catalog reference: KM 329.1; Hede-69A; Sieg-26.1; Schou-40; Bruun-6767.

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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