Norway 1745-TL 24 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11153 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €145 (about US$151). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 24 Skilling, 1745-TL. Kongsberg Mint. Christian VI. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1735-46 and is common in worn condition. This coin was worth one quarter specie daler. The initials TL stand for Gruls Andersen Lyng, mintmaster at Kongsberg 1737-69.
Recorded mintage: 1,092,000.
Specification: 9.17 g, 0.562 fine silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 8.99 g.
Catalog reference: KM-232.3; H-4C, Sieg-4.3; NMD-16; Schou-1; Bruun-10701.
- 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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