Denmark 1818 2 rigbankskilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10384

This specimen was lot 10384 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. 2 Rigsbankskilling, 1818. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik VI. NGC MS-62 Brown. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This one year type is common in worn condition. The two rigsbankskilling was 1/48 of a rigsbankdaler or 1/96 speciedaler. The rigsbankdaler was used 1813-54.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.61 g, copper, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-689; Hede-36; Sieg-18; Schou-5; Bruun-8041.

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]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:

• Schleswig-Holstein 1818-CB 8 reichsbank schilling
• Schleswig-Holstein 1819-IFF 8 reichsbank schilling
• 1819-FF rigsbankdaler
• 1819-IFF speciedaler
• Coins and currency dated 1818