Denmark 1737-CW 24 skilling
This specimen was lot 10348 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €840 (about US$876). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 24 Skilling, 1737-CW. Copenhagen Mint. Christian VI. NGC AU-53. A good example of this very rare date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale-1922)." 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, this specimen 9.05 g.
Catalog reference: KM-538; Hede-7B; Sieg-4.2; Schou-1; Bruun-7584.
- 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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