Denmark 1808-MF skilling

Ponterio sale 168, lot 50394

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 50394 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $106. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Skilling, 1808-MF. NGC MS-65." This two year type, like many European minors, is scandalously undervalued. At the time, the monetary system was 12 penning = 1 skilling, 16 skillings = 1 mark, 4 mark = 1 krone, 6 mark = 1 daler specie, 2 daler specie = 1 ducat.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: .92 g, .138 fine silver, .004 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-662; Sieg-1; H-7.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1805-MF 2 skilling
• 1807-MF 4 skilling
• 1808-MF 1/6 rigsdaler
• 1809-MF skilling
• Denmark 1810 2 skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1808
• return to coins of Denmark.