Norway 1757-TL 24 skilling
This specimen was lot 2169 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €9,500 (about US$13,069 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NORWEGEN, KÖNIGREICH Frederik V., 1746-1766. Goldabschlag von den Stempeln eines 24 Skilling-Stückes 1757, Kongsberg. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Leicht dezentriert, kl. Überprägungsspuren, sehr schön. Exemplar der Sammlung Münzen und Medaillen aus adeligem Privatbesitz. (kingdom of Norway, Frederick V, 1746-66, 24 skilling of 1757, off-metal strike in gold, Kongsberg mint. Extremely rare, slightly off center, tooled, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1746-63 and is common. This coin was worth one quarter specie daler. The initials TL stand for Gruls Andersen Lyng, mintmaster at Kongsberg 1737-69. A very similar 24 skilling was struck in Copenhagen (KM 582) for Denmark proper.
Recorded mintage: 289,000.
Specification: 9.17 g, 0.562 fine silver, 29.5 mm diameter, this specimen gold, 8,20 g.
Catalog reference: KM 236, Ahlström 15 (shown in silver); Thesen 14 (shown in silver).
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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