Norway 1644 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11013
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This specimen was lot 11013 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €2,040 (about US$2,126). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Skilling, 1644. Christiania mint. Christian IV. NGC MS-62. Stunning Mint State specimen. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1643-48 and is scarce. It was worth 1/96 of a specie daler. If the SCWC and Numista are correct, this coin is debased from the prior issue of 1641-42, which was 0.875 fine silver.

Recorded mintage: 205,000.

Specification: 0.92 g, 0.156 fine silver, this specimen 0.88 g.

Catalog reference: KM-23; H-18; Sieg-1; NMD-136; Schou-151; Bruun-9504.

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.
  • 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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