Norway (1670-99) 1/2 ducat Fr-10
This specimen was lot 1231 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €38,400 (about US$42,555 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Choice Mint State 1/2 Ducat with Sunny Luster and Light Orange Tone, NORWAY. 1/2 Ducat, ND (1670-99). Christiania Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-63. An EXTREMELY RARE 1/2 Ducat, this glowing Choice example is commendably struck up, with a generally bright appearance throughout. The details are refined and elegant, and the bright glowing luster shines and shimmers when held in the light, with touches of orange seen throughout. Light, mintmade adjustment marks are the only surface feature of note, though even these are light and hidden within the design elements. Beautiful and worthy of adulation. Possibly ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.75 g, .979 fine gold, this specimen 1.71 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-10; KM-103; Hede-6; Sieg-62; NMD-21A; Schou-40; Bruun-10509.
- 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]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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