Norway 1646 2 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11017
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This specimen was lot 11017 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €720 (about US$751). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1646. Christiania mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-53. Scarce Date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1643-48 and is scarce; the 1646 is the lowest mintage date. It was worth 1/48 of a specie daler.

Recorded mintage: 17,000.

Specification: 1.30 g, 0.281 fine silver, 18.6 mm diameter, this specimen 1.20 g.

Catalog reference: KM-24; H-17; Sieg-3; NMD-132; Schou-74; Bruun-9545.

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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