Norway (1669) 1/2 ducat Fr-5

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Künker sale 400, lot 576

This specimen was lot 576 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €17,000 (about US$22,054 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NORWEGEN, KÖNIGREICH, Frederik III. 1648-1670. 1/2 Dukat o. J. (1669), Christiania. 1.67 g. Münzmeister Frederik Grüner. FRID · 3 · D · G · - D · N · V · G · REX Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz//DOMINUS - PROVIDEBIT Ovales Wappen (Gekrönter Löwe mit gebogener Hellebarde) auf Kreuz, oben Krone, unten Münzmeisterzeichen Kleeblatt. Ahlström 7 (R); Fr-5; Thesen 11. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Johan Christian Holm. Exemplar der Auktion Oslo Mynthandel 19, Oslo 1987, Nr. 287 A (zuvor erworben von Johan Christian Holm) und der Sammlung Per E. Rui. (kingdom of Norway, Frederick III, 1648-70, undated half ducat, circa 1669, Christiania (Oslo) mint. Obverse: armored and laureate bust right; reverse: oval arms with a crowned lion holding a halberd over a cross, crown above. Extremely rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Norway was a province of perpetually bankrupt Denmark in the seventeenth century and her gold coinage is very scanty.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.49 g, 0.979 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 81, Fr-45; SM (2022) -.

Source:

  • Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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