Norway 1665 ducat Fr-4

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1213
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This specimen was lot 1213 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €114,000 (about US$126,335 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Beautiful Ducat with Sharp Strike and Handsome Brilliance, NORWAY. Ducat, 1665. Christiania Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-62. Mintmaster: Frederik Grüner. Engraver: Jeremias Hercules. One of very few examples in private hands, this SUPREMELY RARE Ducat displays a handsome and sunny luster throughout. Light orange highlights pop and flash when the coin is rotated in the light, giving the surfaces a captivating appearance. Very limited in terms of handling, this Ducat provides a mostly wholesome appeal, leaving it as a premium example for the dedicated collector of elusive European gold. Ex: Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale - 1918); later published by the Danish Numismatic Society as item 1486 in his collection. Ex: Carl T. Jørgensen Collection (Private Sale - 1901). Ex: Alfred Benzon Collection (Copenhagen - 5/1887) Lot # 1275"

The SCWC states that three examples are known of this date along with a double ducat (KM 78).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 3.49 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-4; KM-77; Hede-2; Sieg-69; NMD-7; Schou-9; Aagaard-2.1; Bruun-9955.

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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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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