Norway 1652-FG 2 specie daler Dav-3589
This specimen was lot 1192 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €43,200 (about US$47,874 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Beautiful Double Speciedaler with Rich Color, NORWAY. 2 Speciedaler, 1652. Christiania Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. Mintmaster: Frederik Grüner (FG). Engraver: Hans zum Busch. Only two or three examples are recorded in private hands from among just a handful of surviving examples. A wonderfully toned survivor with spectacular detailing existing in both the hair of the king and on the lion."
This double specie daler is noted for 1651-52 only.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 57.43 g, 0.875 fine silver, 45 mm diameter, this specimen 57.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM-44; Dav-3589; Hede-9B; Sieg-22.2; NMD-37;Schou-5; Aagaard-37.1 (51-5/52-2); Bruun-9645.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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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