Denmark 1746-CW skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10349
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This specimen was lot 10349 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €576 (about US$600). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Skilling, 1746-CW. Copenhagen Mint. Christian VI. NGC MS-64. Sharp strike with bright luster. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck in Copenhagen in 1735 and 1746, with the 1735 being the more common date. One skilling was 1/64 krone or 1/96 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.76 g, 0.187 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-541; Hede-8; Sieg-2; Schou-3; Bruun-7599.

Source:

  • 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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