Norway 1667 2 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11071 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €216 (about US$225). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1667. Christiania mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-62. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1649-67 in many varieties and is scarce in nice condition. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 496,000.
Specification: 1.30 g, 0.281 fine silver, 18.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-30; H-70E; Sieg-2.5; NMD-226; Schou-143; Bruun-10016.
- 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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