Denmark 1676 2 skilling
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This specimen was lot 10271 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1676. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-61. Spots on obverse. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1676-81 and is fairly common. This date has a clasp mintmark. Two skilling was 1/48 speciedaler or 1/32 krone.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.29 g, 0.281 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-358; Hede-74A; Sieg-7.1; Schou-21; Bruun-6849.
- 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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