Norway 1736-C 24 skilling
This specimen was lot 11150 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €576 (about US$600). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 24 Skilling, 1736-C. Kongsberg Mint. Christian VI. NGC AU-55. The mintmark 'C', which was only used on there 24 Skillings in 1735 and 1736, stands for 'Commission', as one such was appointed in the wake of the previous Mintmaster, Nicolai Bernhard Fuchs, having been suspended and investigated for fraud. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1735-36 and is common in worn condition. This design was used with other mintmarks until 1746. This coin was worth one quarter specie daler.
Recorded mintage: 547,000.
Specification: 9.17 g, 0.562 fine silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 9.35 g.
Catalog reference: KM-232.2; Sieg-4B; NM-7; Schou-4; Bruun-10684.
- 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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