Denmark 1837-IC WS speciedaler Dav-73
This specimen was lot 1161 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €18,000 (about US$19,948 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Impressive Specimen Striking Speciedaler of Frederik VI, DENMARK. Speciedaler, 1837. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik VI. NGC SPECIMEN-66. Mintmaster: Georg Wilhelm Svendsen (WS). Engraver: Johannes Conradsen (IC). An always popular issue is here taken to another level with this example, presenting a special specimen strike which gives this Speciedaler an elite eye appeal. The surfaces are soft and watery, with a sharpness to the details that far exceeds business strikes. Crested by handsome tones of electric blue and mauve-yellow, this specimen offers a colorful mélange that is quite pleasant. The rims are nicely defined from the fields, and this example is the first specimen or proof of this date we can locate, highlighting its UTMOST RARITY."
This design was struck 1820-29 and 1833-39, with this subtype appearing 1835-39. While not cheap, it is not rare; this specimen realized its exalted price by virtue of its prooflike status.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.89 g, 0.875 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge, this specimen 28.79 g.
Catalog reference: KM-695.4; Dav-73; Hede-26C; Sieg-30.3; Schou-3; Bruun-8110.
- 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, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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