Norway 1634 specie daler
This specimen was lot 1180 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €34,800 (about US$38,565 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Beautifully Toned and 1/2 Speciedaler Piefort, NORWAY. Speciedaler (1/2 Speciedaler, Piefort), 1634. Christiania Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-50. Not listed in Davenport and KM. Mintmaster: Anders Pedersen. Patches of blue and purple tone on an almost golden background enliven this UNIQUE and imposing piece. A piéfort struck with the dies for a 1/2 Speciedaler (Hede 10) but with the full weight of a Speciedaler. A similar, also unique piece but with the date 1638 is in the National Museum of Denmark. Whereas multiple Talers (2, 3 and 4 Talers) struck on heavy flans but with dies used for the regular Speciedalers were minted throughout a large part of the 17th century, piéfort issues struck with half Taler dies are almost non existent."
The specie daler of 1628 marks the resumption of coinage in Norway after it lapsed in the 1540's. The regular specie daler was struck without interruption 1629-48 but all dates are rare.
Recorded mintage: 32,000.
Specification: 29.23 g, 0.882 fine silver, this specimen 28.91 g.
Catalog reference: Hede-11; Sieg-14; NMD-34B; Schou-6; Bruun-9359.
- 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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