Denmark 1783-HSK 4 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10368

This specimen was lot 10368 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €408 (about US$425). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1783-HSK. Copenhagen Mint. Christian VII. NGC MS-62. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1783 only. It was the first issue of this denomination since 1764 and the last until 1807. Four skilling was 1/16 krone or 1/24 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.75 g, 0.312 fine silver, 21.2 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-644; Hede-32; Sieg-6; Schou-14; FP-13; Bruun-7843.

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.

Links to:

• 1781-CHL 2 skilling, Altona mint
• 1781 Albertusdaler
• 1782-HSK skilling
• 1782-CHL 2 skilling, Altona mint
• 1783-B CHL 12 mark (ducat courant)
• 1784 Albertusdaler
• Coins and currency dated 1783