Denmark 1908-VBP GJ 5 ore

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10400
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This specimen was lot 10400 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €125 (about US$130). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 5 Øre, 1908-GJ/VPB. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik VIII. NGC MS-64 Brown. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1907, 1908 and 1912. One krone is 100 øre, which system is still in use although the five øre was demonetized in 1989.

Recorded mintage: 1,198,000.

Specification: 8 g, bronze, 27 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-806; Hede-6; Sieg-2; Schou-3; Bruun-8431.

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.

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