Denmark 1720-CW 12 skilling
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This specimen was lot 10339 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €288 (about US$300). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 12 Skilling, 1720-CW. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik IV. NGC AU-58. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1720-22 at Copenhagen, altho without the heart mintmark. Twelve skilling was 3/16 krone or 1/8 speciedaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.89 g, 0.562 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-521; Hede-49; Sieg-12; Schou-1; Bruun-7494.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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