View source for Denmark (15)35 4 skilling

[[Image:SB225-10043o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10043]]
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[[Image:SB225-10044o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10044]]
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[[Image:SB225-10045o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10045]]
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[[Image:SB225-10048o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10048]]
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The first specimen was lot 10043 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €780 (about US$813). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 4 Skilling, 1535. Aarhus Mint. Christian III. NGC AU-53. Rare variation with date under portrait. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The second specimen was lot 10044 in the same sale, where it sold for €360 (about US$375). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1535. Copenhagen Mint. Christian III. NGC AU-55. Excellent condition and toning on this coin, which bears Copenhagen's Latin name 'Hafniensis'. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The third specimen was lot 10045 in the same sale, where it sold for €240 (about US$250). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1535. Ribe Mint. Christian III. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage. Well-struck for type . From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The fourth specimen was lot 10048 in the same sale, where it sold for €216 (about US$225). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1535. Roskilde Mint. Christian III. NGC AU-58. A very large emission; Schou lists 91 variations! Struck to pay off the German mercenaries camping i[n] Roskilde during the siege of Copenhagen. Light corrosion at obverse rim. While it is listed in the Bruun 1928 catalogue as Schou-196, it is in fact -197. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." At this time one gulden was 48 skilling; the specie daler would not appear until later.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.06-3.11 g, 0.250 fine silver. The first specimen 4.07 g. The second specimen 2.87 g. The third specimen 2.69 g. The fourth specimen 2.52 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' The first specimen Galster-95A; Sieg-8.1; Schou-68; Bruun-4160. The second specimen Galster-104; Sieg-10; Schou-107; Bruun-4174. The third specimen Galster-107; Sieg-9; Schou-141; Bruun-4184. The fourth specimen Galster-99; Sieg-11; Schou-197; Bruun-4213. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' 
* ''Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed.,'' Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Links to:''
* [[Denmark (15)32 4 skilling|(15)32 4 skilling, Copenhagen and Malmö mints]]
* [[Denmark 1535 4 skilling|1535 4 skilling, Malmö or Copenhagen Mint]]
* [[Denmark 1535 mark|1535 mark, Roskilde Mint]]
* [[Denmark 1535 2 mark|1535 2 mark, Roskilde Mint]]
* [[Denmark (15)36 skilling|(15)36 skilling, Copenhagen and Visby mints]]
* [[Denmark (15)36 2 skilling|(15)36 2 skilling, Aarhus, Copenhagen and Ribe mints]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1535]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]]