Norway 1659 16 skilling
This specimen was lot 2092 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,426 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NORWEGEN, KÖNIGREICH, Frederik III. 1648-1670. Mark (16 Skilling) 1659, Christiania. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. (kingdom of Norway, Frederick III, 1648-70, mark of 1659, Oslo mint. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1648-61 and is comparatively common for an issue of seventeenth century Norway. Altho catalogued by the auctioneer as a one mark (one-sixth specie daler), we are calling it a 16 skilling as that is what is marked on the coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.57 g, 0.672 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Ahlström 176 B, KM 32.1.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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