Norway 1817-IGP 8 skilling

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from Steve Album sale 45, lot 2848

This specimen was lot 2848 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY: Carl XIII, 1814-1818, AR 8 skilling, 1817, very lightly cleaned, lustrous, PCGS graded Unc details, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type was struck 1817 only but is very similar to KM 277 of 1809 and KM 287 of 1819. In 1814, Norway was torn from Danish rule and handed over to Sweden as punishment for the Danish king's support of Napoleon and to compensate Sweden for the loss of Finland to Russia. Prior to the decimal reform, 120 skilling = one specie daler.

Recorded mintage: 241,000.

Specification: 3.37 g, 0.500 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-285.

Source:

  • Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
  • Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
  • Thesen, Gunnar, Georg Klammt and Eirik Mye, Norges Mynter, perioden 1814-2023, Oslo: Nordfrim Norge, 2023.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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