Norway 1853 12 skilling

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3552

This specimen was lot 3552 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $565.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NORWAY: Oscar I, 1844-1859, AR 12 skilling, 1853, shimmering lustrous surface, NGC graded MS62." This type, struck 1850-56, is near the end of a denomination first issued in 1819. It was worth one tenth of a specie daler. This specimen sold for five times the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 360,000.

Specification: 2.89 g, 0.875 fine silver, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-314.2.

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.
• 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.
• Thesen, Gunnar, Georg Klammt and Eirik Mye, Norges Mynter, perioden 1814-2023, Oslo: Nordfrim Norge, 2023.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• 1852-⚒ 12 skilling
• 1853-⚒ 24 skilling
• 1854-⚒ 24 skilling
• 1855-⚒ half specie daler
• 1855-⚒ specie daler
• 1856-⚒ 12 skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1853