Denmark 1729-CW 8 skilling
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This specimen was lot 10343 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. 8 Skilling, 1729-CW. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik IV. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1729-30 along with a four skilling. Eight skilling was one-eighth krone or 1/12 speciedaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.057 g, 0.562 fine silver, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-528; Hede-54; Sieg-8; Schou-1; Bruun-7535.
- 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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