Norway 1724-HCM 12 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11146 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €168 (about US$175). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 12 Skilling, 1724-HCM. Kongsberg Mint. Frederik IV. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1717-24 in substantial quantities and is not rare. This date comes with the mintmaster's initials spelled "HCM" or "H.C.M." One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 1,194,000.
Specification: 3.90 g, 0.562 fine silver, 23.8 mm diameter, this specimen 5.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM-217; H-15; Sieg-6; NMD-21; Schou-2; Bruun-10638.
- 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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