Norway 1677 2 skilling KM-131
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This specimen was lot 11096 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €660 (about US$688). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1677. Christiania mint. Christian V. NGC EF-45. A lovely example of this, the best date in the series. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1675-83. Another two skilling with a monogram obverse (KM 135) was struck in 1677. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 89,000 of KM 135 plus 95,000 of KM 131.
Specification: 1.09 g, 0.406 fine, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 1.17 g.
Catalog reference: KM-131; H-48C; Sieg-12.1; NMD-146; Schou-48; Bruun-10207.
- 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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