Norway 1704 8 skilling
The first specimen was lot 72240 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 8 Skilling, 1704-DMA. Kongsberg Mint. Frederik IV. NGC MS-63. This choice beauty provides sharply luster and sharp details, a perfect piece for the specialist." This type is listed for 1702-15 and, like most Norwegian coins of the eighteenth century, it is probably scarcer than the modest catalog values would indicate. This example is far superior to the plate coin in the SCWC. One speciedaler was 96 skilling. Norway passed from Danish to Swedish rule in 1814. The second specimen was lot 11138 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €336 (about US$350). The catalog description[2] noted, "NORWAY. 8 Skilling, 1704. Kongsberg Mint. Frederik IV. NGC VF-30. From the L. E. Bruun Collection."
Recorded mintage: 982,000.
Specification: 2.29 g, 0.750 fine silver. The second specimen is 2.26 g.
Catalog reference: KM-209; H-6B; Sieg-3.2; NMD-27; Schou-18; Bruun-10541.
- Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
- [2]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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