Norway 1629 1/2 specie daler KM-11
This specimen was lot 1176 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$9,974 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1/2 Speciedaler with Engaging Appearance and Light Circulation, NORWAY. 1/2 Speciedaler, 1629. Christiania Mint. Christian IV. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. Mintmaster: Anders Pedersen. Very rare with only a few recorded sales in the last decades. A compelling specimen, notwithstanding two small spots on the obverse, just in front of the king's eyes, and deposits on the reverse by the last I in DOMINI. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."
The half specie daler of 1628 marks the resumption of coinage in Norway after it lapsed in the 1540's. It was accompanied by one, quarter and eighth specie dalers (KM 8, 6, 5). This half specie daler has the motto "REGNA·FIR-MAT·PIETAS" added to the obverse. The design revision seems to have accompanied a module revision from 12.99 g, 0.969 fine to 14.62 g, 0.882 fine silver. It was struck without interruption 1629-47.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.62 g, 0.882 fine silver, this specimen 14.38 g.
Catalog reference: KM-11; Hede-10A; Sieg-13.1; NMD-52; Schou-19; Bruun-9321.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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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