Denmark 1854-FF 4 skilling rigsmont

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Steve Album sale 54, lot 2442

This specimen was lot 2442 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK: Frederik VII, 1848-1863, AR skilling rigsmønt, 1854, mintmaster initials FF, struck at the Altona Mint in Schleswig-Holstein, a superb mint state example! PCGS graded MS65." After the reform of 1854, the monetary system was 96 skillings = 1 rigsdaler, 2 rigsdaler = 1 (old) speciedaler. The king of Denmark operated the Altona mint (orb mintmark) until 1864, when he lost Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia and Austria. Since then, all Danish coinage has been struck at Copenhagen (crown mintmark, later a heart). This type was struck 1854 only but is not rare. In 1874, the coinage was reformed again to the current system of 100 øre = one krone.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.85 g, 0.250 fine silver, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-758.1.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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