Norway 1865 12 skilling
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This specimen was lot 32629 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $576. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 12 Skilling, 1865. Kongsberg Mint. Karl XV. PCGS MS-62. This handsome nearly-Choice Mint State example delivers good eye appeal, with light luster and a dusty tone throughout." This one year type is the next-to-last of a denomination first issued in 1717. It was worth one tenth of a specie daler. Norway was at this time under Swedish rule; after a century of tumultuous marriage, the Norwegians obtained a divorce in 1907 and have been independent since.
Recorded mintage: 152,000.
Specification: 2.89 g, 0.875 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-326.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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