Norway 1676 1/2 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11093 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €3,360 (about US$3,502). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 1/2 Skilling, 1676. Christiania mint. Christian V. NGC MS-64. An outstanding Mint State example of this diminutive emission. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1676 only. It was the first issue of this denomination. It was struck again in 1682 and then not again until 1837 (KM 305, copper). One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 262,000.
Specification: 0.73 g, 0.125 fine silver, 13 mm diameter, this specimen 0.72 g.
Catalog reference: KM-133; H 52; Sieg-1; NMD-161; Schou-33; Bruun-10195.
- 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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