Norway 1715 2 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11142 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1715. Kongsberg Mint. Frederik IV. NGC VF Details--Cleaned. Above-average for type. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1714-18 in substantial quantities and is not rare. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 1,730,000.
Specification: 1.30 g, 0.281 fine silver, this specimen 1.13 g.
Catalog reference: KM-215; H-7B; Sieg-2.3; NMD-60; Schou-14; Bruun-10599.
- 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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