Norway 1660 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11053 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,251). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Skilling, 1660. Christiania mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-61. Exceptional[ly] high grade for type - as [are] so many of Bruun's coins. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1649-69 in many varieties and is scarce in nice condition. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 376,000.
Specification: 0.92 g, 0.156 fine silver, this specimen 0.81 g.
Catalog reference: KM-29; H-71C; Sieg-1.3; NMD-243; Schou-85; Bruun-9850.
- 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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