Norway 1641 4 skilling
This specimen was lot 11001 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,080 (about US$1,126). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 4 Skilling, 1641. Christiania mint. Christian IV. NGC EF Details--Bent. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale - 1918). Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)." This type was struck 1641-42 and is scarce, verging on rare. It was worth 1/24 of a specie daler. This variety has the value spelled "IIII/SCKILI/NG·DA/NSK" instead of "IIII/SKILI/NG·DA/NSK".
Recorded mintage: 11,700, all varieties.
Specification: 1.18 g, 0.875 fine silver, 17.1 mm diameter, this specimen 1.07 g.
Catalog reference: KM-21.2; H-15A; Sieg-4.1; NMD-125; Schou-56; Bruun-9417.
- Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
- 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 and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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