Norway 1791-HIAB 8 skilling
This specimen was lot 11170 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €2,880 (about US$3,002). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 8 Skilling, 1791-HIAB. Kongsberg Mint. Christian VII. NGC AU-53. Highly scarce date with very few recorded sales. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1778-95 and is common altho this is a very scarce date. It was accompanied by billon one skilling (KM 258), two skilling (KM 255), four skilling (KM 256) and 24 skilling (KM 250). One specie daler was 96 skilling. Christian VII was insane for most of his reign and the government was in the hands of regents, including his stepmother and later his son. The court was the scene of violent power struggles over who would have access to the incapable king.
Recorded mintage: 6,700, a scarce date.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.562 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 2.90 g.
Catalog reference: KM-257; H-14; Sieg-8; NMD-61; Schou-4; Bruun-10870a.
- 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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