Norway (1670-99) 2 ducats Fr-8
This specimen was lot 1230 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €132,000 (about US$146,283 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Alluring Double Ducat with Only Two Recorded Examples, NORWAY. 2 Ducats, ND (1670-99). Christiania Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-61. Mintmaster: Frederik Grüner. With only two examples recorded, and the other being in the Danish National Museum, this piece offers the chance at a Double Ducat that is UNIQUE in private collections. Bright luster sloshes off the surfaces in a highly engaging and wholly original display. The details are nicely struck, with the grade arising from some noted friction and a touch of planchet roughness. Nonetheless, this example is certainly of superior eye appeal to much of the surviving Norwegian gold from this period. An exemplar that will doubtless draw much attention, as this may be the sole opportunity one is ever presented with to acquire this type. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex: Carl F. Schubart Collection (Copenhagen - 1831) Lot # 1756."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.98 g, .979 fine gold, this specimen 6.89 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-8; KM-138; Hede-4; Sieg-64.2; NMD-10; Schou-14; Bruun-10497.
- 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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