Denmark 1691-CW 2 mark
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This specimen was lot 10294 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, 1691-CW. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC EF-45. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This one year type is rare. Varieties exist in the alignment of the date (straight or curved) and flowers below the monogram (two blooms or a single rosette). Two mark was half a krone or one-third speciedaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.13 g, 0.593 fine silver, this specimen 11.05 g.
Catalog reference: KM-406.1; Hede-93A; Sieg-32.1; Schou-41; Bruun-7084.
- 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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