Norway 1843 2 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11185 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €192 (about US$200). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1843. Kongsberg Mint. Carl XIV Johan. NGC Unc Details--Reverse Damage. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1842-43. Under Danish rule, one specie daler was 96 skilling; under Swedish rule, one specie daler was 120 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 1,500,800 for 1842-43.
Specification: 1.5 g, 0.250 fine silver, 15 mm diameter, this specimen 1.61 g.
Catalog reference: KM-310; Sieg-5; NM-48; Bruun-11037.
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- [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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