Norway 1686-PG 2 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11113 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €125 (about US$130). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1686-PG. Christiania mint. Christian V. NGC VF-35. Crown c. 10 mm wide. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1684-86. Another two skilling with an arms reverse (KM 153) was also struck in 1686. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 231,000.
Specification: 1.22 g, 0.344 fine silver, this specimen 1.04 g.
Catalog reference: KM-151; H-59; Sieg-14.2; NMD-155; Schou-32; Bruun-10289.
- 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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