Denmark 1671-GK krone Dav-3633

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10262
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This specimen was lot 10262 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €336 (about US$350). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Krone, 1671. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale-1918)." Frederick III died in 1670 and all the coinage was redesigned for his successor Christian V. This type was struck 1671-73, 1677 and 1680 with an ornate monogram; a similar krone with a plain monogram and no mintmaster's initials (KM 343/Dav-3633a) was struck 1671-74. This example shows a conspicuous 1671/0 overdate. The Glückstadt mint also struck kroner for Christian V (Dav-3678); these have the date on the left. One krone was four mark or two-thirds speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.671 fine silver, 40.7 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-3633; KM-330, Hede-67A; Sieg-34.1; Schou-16; Bruun-6761.

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 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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