Denmark 1761-HSK 2 skilling
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This specimen was lot 10353 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €145 (about US$151). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1761-HSK. Kongsberg Mint. Frederik V. NGC MS-61. Modern research has shown this coin was minted at Kongsberg Mint Norway. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck in 1750, 1756 and 1761 at Copenhagen and Kongsberg (shown here). Numista comments, "This coin was minted with frozen dates until 1774." Two skilling was 1/48 speciedaler or 1/32 krone.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.21 g, 0.343 fine silver, 18.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-579.2; Hede-36B; Sieg-3.0; Schou-6; Bruun-7681.
- 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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