Norway 1674-FG specie daler Dav-3656
This specimen was lot 1223 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €19,200 (about US$21,278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Multi-Hued and Handsome Mint State Speciedaler, NORWAY. Speciedaler, 1674. Christiania Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-60. Mintmaster: Frederik Grüner. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE, this alluring Mint State example displays bright watercolor toning. Nice reserved brilliance shines through the lovely toning. Less handled than one might expect given the grade, and on the whole a very attractive and pleasing representative of this uncommon type."
This scarce type was struck 1671-72 and 1674. Double, triple and quadruple specie dalers were also struck in 1674.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.78 g, 0.875 fine silver, 43 mm diameter, this specimen 28.86 g.
Catalog reference: KM-109; Dav-3656; Hede-29B; Sieg-53.2; NMD-62A; Schou-14; Bruun-10167.
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- 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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