Norway 1691 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11131 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €504 (about US$525). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 1 Skilling, 1691. Kongsberg Mint. Christian V. NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1688-99 in modest quantities and is fairly common in worn condition. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 72,000.
Specification: 1.11 g, 0.188 fine silver, this specimen 1.10 g.
Catalog reference: KM-173; H-77; Sieg-7; NMd-249; Schou-53; Bruun-10388.
- 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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