Norway 1686 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11116
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This specimen was lot 11116 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$3,752). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Skilling, 1686. Kongsberg Mint. Christian V. NGC AU-58. A superbly well-preserved example of this rare date. The obverse retains hints of luster hugging the devices while the reverse has plenty of luster to bring out the details in a most charming manner. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This rare type was struck 1686-87. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.

Recorded mintage: 14,000.

Specification: 1.11 g, 0.188 fine silver, this specimen 1.09 g.

Catalog reference: KM-152; H-72; Sieg-6.1; NMD-243; Schou-39; Bruun-10302.

Source:

  • 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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