Norway 1648-PG 1/2 specie daler
This specimen was lot 1186 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €10,800 (about US$11,969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Beautifully Toned and Most Handsome Lightly Circulated 1/2 Speciedaler, NORWAY. 1/2 Speciedaler, 1648. Christiania Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-53. Mintmaster: Peter Grüner (PG). This VERY RARE one-year type, struck on a larger planchet, is exquisitely toned. While it does come up for sale from time to time, this lovely high-grade specimen is sure to turn some heads. Ex: August K. Krautwald Collection (Private Sale - 1916)."
This half specie daler was struck 1648 only. It reflects a reduction from 14.62 g, 0.882 fine silver, to 14.36 g, 0.875 fine silver, a devaluation of 2.5%. Since the regime did not change the design, we presume it tried to keep the change a secret.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.36 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 14.04 g.
Catalog reference: KM-11a; Hede-10B; Sieg-13.4; NMD-71; Schou-20; Bruun-9576.
- 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, 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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