Norway 1641 specie daler Dav-3534
This specimen was lot 1475 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Speciedaler, 1641. Christiania Mint. Christian IV. NGC MS-64. An exceptional specimen, this near-Gem offers fully white surfaces across vividly struck devices and legends. Full strikes from this period are uncommon, and this example has one of the nicest reverses of any example seen. Some evidence of roughness of planchet is seen in the fields, but even so these flaws are so inconsequential that they should hardly be worthy of mention. This example is the finest graded Speciedaler for the type on either NGC or PCGS population reports, and is worthy of a premium bid from the most advanced of European crown collectors." This specie daler was struck for Norway by Christian IV, king of Denmark 1588-1648. Despite a steady issue for 1629-48, this type is rare. The weight was reduced to 28.72 g in 1648 and it's possible many of this type were melted.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.23 g, 0.882 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-3534; KM-12; Sieg-16.1; H-5A.
- 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.
- 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 and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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