Norway 1657-FG 3 specie daler Dav-3599

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1199
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This specimen was lot 1199 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €120,000 (about US$132,94 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Alluring and Nicely Detailed Triple Speciedaler, The Only Example Known, NORWAY. 3 Speciedaler, 1657. Christiania Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU Details--Edge Filing. Mintmaster: Frederik Grüner (FG). Engraver: Matthias Först (?). Apart from traces of filing on some parts of the edge, an absolutely splendid and spectacularly detailed example of this massive piece. Of the approximately 40 known 3 Speciedalers from Frederik III, 10 of them reside in the Bruun Collection, all different. This is the only known of any variation dated 1657, thus marking a tremendously rare opportunity to acquire an important numismatic object which is genuinely UNIQUE with not even a single example held in public collections worldwide. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."

This type was struck 1657-58 only. Half (KM 47), single, double and quadruple specie dalers were also struck in 1657.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 86.32 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 86.28 g.

Catalog reference: KM-39a; Dav-3599; Hede-28; Sieg-35; NMD-24; Schou-8; Aagaard-53.1; Bruun-9733.

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.
  • 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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