Denmark 1784-DCL 2 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10370

This specimen was lot 10370 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1784-DCL. Altona Mint. Christian VII. NGC AU-55. Nice toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck at Copenhagen and Altona 1778-85. This is a common date. The Altona mint, opened in 1771 to replace the Glückstadt mint, was in Holstein downstream from Hamburg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.18 g, 0.343 fine silver, 18.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-631.3; Hede-33C; Sieg-5.2; Schou-3; FP-7.8; Bruun-7853.

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:

• 1782-CHL 2 skilling, Altona mint
• 1783-HSK 4 skilling
• 1783-B CHL 12 mark (ducat courant)
• 1784 Albertusdaler
• 1785 12 mark (ducat courant)
• Coins and currency dated 1784