Denmark 1680 skilling
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This specimen was lot 83 in Schulman auction 385 (Amsterdam, July 2025), where it sold for €50 (about US$71 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Denmark - 1 Skilling 1680, Silver, CHRISTIAN V 1670-1699 Crowned coat of arms. Rev. Value. Attractive specimen. Extremely fine." This type was struck 1676-77 and 1680-81 and was worth 1/96 speciedaler. This date has a clasp mintmark. The specification given in the SCWC (0.29 g, 0.875 fine) is wrong. According to Numista, those marked with a "GS" were struck at Glückstadt.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.
Specification: 0.60 g, 0.156 fine silver, 15-16 mm diameter, this specimen 0.76 g.
Catalog reference: KM 357; Sieg 4.
- 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]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 385, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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