Norway 1644-PG 4 specie daler Dav-3530

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1183

This specimen was lot 1183 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €228,000 (about US$252,670 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Impressive Quadruple Speciedaler that is Unique in Private Hands, NORWAY. 4 Speciedaler, 1644. Christiania Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Mintmaster: Peter Grüner (PG). UNIQUE in private hands, and the only example recorded besides one in Oslo and one in Bergen. The details are attractive and appealing, with only limited drawdown and actual circulation. The noted cleaning is evident in some brightness, but this flaw is relatively minor when considering the elusivity of the type. Peter Grüner was appointed mintmaster in Christiania on the 25th of February 1643 after having held this post at the Mint in Copenhagen from 1628 to 1636."

This quadruple specie daler was struck 1634 and 1644-45 but all dates are rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 116.93 g, 0.882 fine silver, 42.3 mm diameter, this specimen 115.44 g.

Catalog reference: KM-15; Dav-3530; Hede-9B; Sieg-20.2; NMD-2; Schou-7; Bruun-9479.

Source:

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, 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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Norway 1644-PG 4 specie daler Dav-3530

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