Norway 1773-IHM 24 skilling

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Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 76569
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This specimen was lot 76569 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 24 Skilling, 1773. Kongsberg Mint. Christian VII. NGC AU-55." This is the most common date of a type struck 1772-74, 1783 and 1788. Despite the substantial mintage, it is scarce. This denomination was one-fourth of a specie daler and was struck in numerous types 1735-88.

Recorded mintage: 1,035,000.

Specification: 9.17 g, 0.562 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-250; Hede-12A; Sieg-11.1.

Sources:

  • 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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including 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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