Denmark 1694 1/2 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10302
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This specimen was lot 10302 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €456 (about US$475). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 1/2 Skilling, 1694. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC AU-58 Brown. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type, one of the first Danish coins issued in pure copper, comes with (KM 421.1) or without (KM 421.2) the mark of value. It was struck 1693-96. The SCWC notes that the KM 421.2 for 1694 is unique. Half a skilling was 1/192 of a speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.65 g, copper, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-421.1; Hede-112A; Sieg-3.1; Schou-51; Bruun-7176.

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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