Denmark 1842-VS rigsbankskilling
This specimen was lot 10390 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. Rigsbankskilling, 1842-VS. Copenhagen Mint. Christian VIII. NGC Unc Details--Cleaned. Beautiful coin with sharp details and original bright luster. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1842 only at Copenhagen and Altona. Other copper coins included 1/5, half and two rigsbankskilling and three, four, 16 and 32 rigsbankskilling in billon. The initials VS stood for Georg Wilhelm Svendsen, mintmaster at Copenhagen 1831-1861.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.03 g, copper, 23 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-726.2; Hede-11A; Sieg-4.1; Schou-10; Bruun-8145.
- 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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