Denmark 1681-GS 2 mark

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10276
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This specimen was lot 10276 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €145 (about US$151). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Mark, 1681-GS. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1681-82, all with mintmaster's initials "GS". Varieties exist in the size of the lettering. One krone was four mark or two-thirds speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.13 g, 0.671 fine silver, 31.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-369; Hede-69B; Sieg-27; Schou-32; Bruun-6931.

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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