Norway 1856 12 skilling
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This specimen was lot 11188 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 12 Skilling, 1856. Kongsberg Mint. Oscar I. NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1850-56 and is fairly common in worn condition. The previous type (KM 314.1) had a plain edge. Under Danish rule, one specie daler was 96 skilling; under Swedish rule, one specie daler was 120 skilling.
Recorded mintage: 812,000 including an 1856/5 overdate.
Specification: 2.89 g, 0.875 fine silver, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 2.89 g.
Catalog reference: KM-314.2; Sieg-2; NM-33; Bruun-11070.
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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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