Denmark 1824-IC FF speciedaler Dav-73
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This specimen was lot 10386 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €720 (about US$751). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Speciedaler, 1824-FF. Altona Mint. Frederik VI. NGC AU-58. Powerful millefiori toning by obverse letters. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck at Copenhagen and Altona (shown here) 1820-29, 1833-39. None of the dates are rare but this one is slightly better.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.89 g, 0.875 fine silver, .812 troy oz ASW, 39 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 28.84 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-73; KM-695.1; Hede-26D; Sieg-30.4; Schou-2; Bruun-8061.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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.
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