Norway 1648 2 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11021

This specimen was lot 11021 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €408 (about US$425). The catalog description^[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1648. Christiania mint. Christian IV. NGC VF-35. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1643-48 and is scarce. It was worth 1/48 of a specie daler.

Recorded mintage: 302,000.

Specification: 1.30 g, 0.28 fine silver, this specimen 1.22 g.

Catalog reference: KM-24; H-17; Sieg-3; NMD-134; Schou-42; Bruun-9583.

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.

Links to:

• 1646-☘ 2 skilling
• 1647-☘ skilling
• 1647-☘ 2 mark = 32 skilling
• 1648-☘ skilling
• 1648-PG half specie daler
• 1648-PG specie daler
• 1649-☘ 16 skilling (mark)
• Coins and currency dated 1648