Norway 1657 16 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11039
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This specimen was lot 11039 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €312 (about US$325). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Mark, 1657. Christiania mint. Frederik III. NGC EF-40. Flan with hole (occurred in the production of the flan and not a later damage) From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale-1922). Ex: Peter von Hemmert Collection (Copenhagen-1807) Lot #872." This type was struck 1649-61 and is very scarce. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.57 g, 0.672 fine silver, this specimen 5.37 g.

Catalog reference: KM-32; H-68C; Sieg-5.3; NMD-179; Schou-48; Bruun-9751.

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.

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