Norway 1651 2 mark
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This specimen was lot 11026 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 Mark, 1651. Christiania mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-55. Much luster, especially on the obverse From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1649-62 and is scarce. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.14 g, 0.672 fine silver, 33.4 mm diameter, this specimen 11.04 g.
Catalog reference: KM-33; H-67B; Sieg-6.2; NMD-151B; Schou-39; Bruun-9635.
- 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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