Norway 1684 mark
This specimen was lot 1225 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €48,000 (about US$53,194 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Mint State Gold Mark Pattern of the Highest Importance, NORWAY. Gold Mark Pattern, 1684. Christiania Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-61. Mintmaster: Peter Grüner. A splendid representative that is EXTREMELY RARE when seen in gold. While examples do occasionally turn up in silver, no example has yet been traced in gold, highlighting the importance of this offering. Beautiful golden luster rises from the flan, showing exceptionally well when handled in the light. A weakly struck date and a limited amount of friction consistent for the grade assigned is seen, though this minor fault is just that, inconsequential to the overall eye appeal. While this Mark design is beautiful when displayed in the more common silver, when struck in gold, the piece is elevated to a new level of beauty and allure. An example that is certainly among the most important Norwegian numismatic offerings in the past decades, and as such, one that will command the requisite attention. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex: Hans Henrik Frost Collection (Copenhagen - 3/1827) Lot # 57."
These dies were also used to strike patterns in silver (KM Pn29) but no marks were struck for circulation in 1680. This is the plate coin in Numista.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.48 g, silver, 26.5 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen gold, 9.15 g.
Catalog reference: KM-Pn29 (in silver); Hede-18; Sieg-80; NMD-122 (in silver); Schou-1a; Bruun-10265.
- 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, 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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