Norway 1632 specie daler Dav-3534
This specimen was lot 1178 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €10,800 (about US$11,969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bright and Appealing Nearly-Choice Specimen with Rich Goldenrod Tone, NORWAY. Speciedaler, 1632. Christiania Mint. Christian IV. NGC MS-62+. Mintmaster: Anders Pedersen. Shimmering hues of radiant blues and gold further enhance this already exceptional piece and make both obverse and reverse almost come alive. The upright Norwegian lion can be traced back to 1247 but it wasn't until 1283 that the lion was given the axe of king Olaf II to hold. Olaf was canonized in 1031 only a year after he was killed by a blow from a Dane-axe, which went on to become his signature symbol. The heraldic symbol of the axe-bearing lion still functions as the coat of arms of Norway."
The specie daler of 1628 marks the resumption of coinage in Norway after it lapsed in the 1540's. This specie daler was struck without interruption 1629-48 but all dates are rare. The earlier type lacks the motto "REGNA·FIRMAT·PIETAS".
Recorded mintage: 32,000.
Specification: 29.23 g, 0.882 fine silver, 42.3 mm diameter, this specimen 28.98 g.
Catalog reference: KM-12; Dav-3534; Hede-5A; Sieg-16.1; NMD-32A; Schou-8; Bruun-9347.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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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