Denmark 1734-CW 24 skilling
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This specimen was lot 74514 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 24 Skilling, 1734. Copenhagen Mint. Christian VI. PCGS EF-45." This denomination was revived in 1731 and struck fairly regularly until 1783. It was worth one-third krone or one quarter speciedaler. This type was struck at Copenhagen 1732-37 and 1740-43, all with initials "CW" although without the heart mintmark.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.17 g, 0.562 fine silver, 30 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-538; Sieg-4.2; Hede-7B.
- 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.* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including 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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