Norway 1687 2 skilling KM-160

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11119
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This specimen was lot 11119 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1687. Kongsberg Mint. Christian V. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. Variety with date on reverse. Excellent for type From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The SCWC records three different two skillings for 1687: KM 153 ("C5" monogram), KM 160 (shown here) and KM 161 (date below). The KM 153 is scarce, the KM 160 is rare and the KM 161 is very rare. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.

Recorded mintage: 503,000 (all types).

Specification: 1.22 g, 0.344 fine silver, this specimen 1.08 g.

Catalog reference: KM-160; H-71A; Sieg-16.1; NMD-229; Schou-41; Bruun-10324.

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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