Norway 1675 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11089 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,080 (about US$1,126). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Skilling, 1675. Christiania mint. Christian V. NGC MS-61. So rarely seen in anything above XF grades, this Mint State beauty will surely attract the bids it deserves. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1675 and 1682. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 402,000.
Specification: 0.81 g, 0.250 fine silver, 14 mm diameter, this specimen 0.70 g.
Catalog reference: KM-130; H-47; Sieg-3.2; NMD-158; Schou-22; Bruun-10182.
- 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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