Norway 1709 8 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11139 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €360 (about US$375). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 8 Skilling, 1709. Kongsberg Mint. Frederik IV. NGC EF-40. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1702-15 in substantial quantities and is quite a bit more available than the rare eight skillings of Christian V. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 1,122,000.
Specification: 2.29 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 2.29 g.
Catalog reference: KM-209; H-6B; Sieg-3.2; NMD-32; Schou-5; Bruun-10564.
- 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, 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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