Norway 1642 2 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11005 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$938). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1642. Christiania mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-53. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale - 1918)." This type was struck 1641-42 and is scarce. It was worth 1/48 of a specie daler. This variety has the value spelled ".II./SKILIN/G:DANS"; others have it spelled ".II./SKILIN/G:DAN".
Recorded mintage: 91,000.
Specification: 0.59 g, 0.875 fine silver, 14 mm diameter, this specimen 0.58 g.
Catalog reference: KM-20; H-16; Sieg-3; NMD-129; Schou-48; Bruun-9442.
- 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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