Norway 1719 2 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11145
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This specimen was lot 11145 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, 1719. Kongsberg Mint. Frederik IV. NGC VF Details--Cleaned. Scarce date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1719-25 in substantial quantities and is not rare in worn condition. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.

Recorded mintage: 289,000.

Specification: 1.30 g, 0.281 fine silver, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 1.14 g.

Catalog reference: KM-218; H-7B; Sieg-2.4; NMD-64; Schou-8; Bruun-10618.

Source:

  • 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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