Norway 1847 1/2 specie daler
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This specimen was lot 11186 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,440 (about US$1,501). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 1/2 Speciedaler, 1847. Kongsberg Mint. Oscar I. NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1846-50 and 1855. It is somewhat scarce and this is a better date. Under Danish rule, one specie daler was 96 skilling; under Swedish rule, one specie daler was 120 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 47,100.
Specification: 14.45 g, 0.875 fine silver, 30.5 mm diameter, this specimen 14.43 g.
Catalog reference: KM-316; Sieg-5; NM-10; Bruun-11047.
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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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