Norway 1648 skilling
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 11022 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,320 (about US$1,376). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Skilling, 1648. Christiania mint. Christian IV. NGC MS-62. A true gem. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1643-48 and is scarce. It was worth 1/96 of a specie daler.
Recorded mintage: 123,000.
Specification: 0.92 g, 0.156 fine silver, this specimen 0.89 g.
Catalog reference: KM-23; H-18; Sieg-1; NMD-140; Schou-56; Bruun-9588.
- 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: