View source for Denmark 1590 speciedaler Dav-8230

[[Image:Denmark H3064-30688o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3064, lot 30688]]
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This specimen was lot 30688 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $18,000. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Christian IV Speciedaler 1590 AU58 NGC. Extremely rare as a type, with this specimen certainly being among the finest that survive, with intermingled gray and gold tone in the centers that transitions to blue in brief instances at the peripheries. Light handling accounts for the grade, yet minimal highpoint loss is observed over either side, and unlike the only other example we've located in archived auction data, the surfaces hold relatively few marks. That piece, sold in Europe, and likely the equivalent of an XF on the Sheldon scale, brought 6450 Euros hammer in a Bruun Rasmussen auction in 2014. Considering this coin's clear superiority, we can only anticipate even greater enthusiasm from country specialist as well as collectors of elite world crowns. From the Jamestown Collection." This was the first speciedaler issued since 1572 ([[Denmark 1572 speciedaler Dav-8229|Dav-8229]]) and the last until 1596 (Dav-8231).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but rare.

''Specification:'' 29.2 g, 0.937 fine silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' Sieg-93, Hede-43; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-8230]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
* ''Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed.,'' Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

''Link to:''
* [[Denmark 1572 speciedaler Dav-8229|1572 speciedaler]]
* [[Denmark (15)82 skilling|(15)82-♁ skilling]]
* [[Denmark 1582 8 skilling|1582 8 skilling]]
* [[Denmark (15)85 2 skilling|(15)85-♁ 2 skilling]]
* [[Denmark (15)93 goldgulden Fr-32|(15)93 ''ungersk gylden'']]
* [[Denmark 1593 2-1/2 ducats Fr-64|1593 2½ ducats (¼ portugaloser)]]
* [[Denmark 1596 speciedaler Dav-8231|1596 speciedaler]]
* [[Denmark 1597 speciedaler Dav-8234|1597 speciedaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1590]]
* return to coins of [[Denmark]]

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