Norway 1673 2 ducats Fr-12b

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1222

This specimen was lot 1222 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €156,000 (about US$172,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Charming and Lightly Circulated 2 Ducats, The Sole Privately Owned Example, NORWAY. 2 Ducats, 1673. Christiania Mint. Christian V. NGC AU-55. Mintmaster: Frederik Grüner. Of the only three recorded examples, this is the only one in private hands, highlighting the top-notch rarity of this type. Lightly handled, this appealing representative displays only cursory circulation. Evidence of prior surface contact is limited, and the vibrant goldenrod hue is nearly complete in its embrace of the surfaces. As one of the more consequential Norwegian offerings, a piece that will doubtlessly make a strong impression on any collector."

This is one of a series of double and triple ducats issued to honor the king's Order of the Elephant, an order of chivalry still in existence. The badge of the order is on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.0.979 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 6.94 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-12b; KM-122; Hede-13; Sieg-72.1; NMD-13A; Schou-6; Bruun-10150.

Source:

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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