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[[Image:SB225-10108o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10108]]
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This specimen was lot 10108 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €168 (about US$175). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 4 Skilling, 1618. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC Unc Details--Cleaned. Sharp details. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale-1918)." This type was struck 1616-19 and was worth 1/24 speciedaler. Oval shield (KM 55.1) and square topped shield (KM 55.2) varieties exist. Christian IV (r. 1588-1648) had a long but only moderately successful reign. His war with Sweden and his intervention in the Thirty Years War were costly and brought little gain.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 2.3 g, 0.437 fine silver, 23.1 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-55.2; Hede-100B; Sieg-43.2; Schou-92; Bruun-5057. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* ''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 1617 mark|1617 mark]]
* [[Denmark (1618-19) hvid|(1618-19) hvid]]
* [[Denmark 1618 2 skilling|1618 2 skilling]]
* [[Denmark 1618 mark|1618-☘ mark]]
* [[Denmark 1618 1/4 krone|1618-☘ quarter krone]] = ¾ mark
* [[Denmark 1618 1/2 krone|1618-☘ half krone]] = 1½ mark
* [[Denmark 1618-RFP krone Dav-3517|1618 krone]] = 3 mark
* [[Denmark 1618 speciedaler Dav-3514|1618 speciedaler]]
* [[Denmark 1618-RFP 2 krone Dav-3516|1618-☘ 2 krone]]
* [[Denmark 1619 hvid|1619 hvid]]
* [[Denmark 1619 2 kroneskilling|1619-☘ 2 kroneskilling]]
* [[Denmark 1619 4 skilling|1619 4 skilling]]
* [[Denmark 1619 4 kroneskilling|1619-☘ 4 kroneskilling]]
* [[Denmark 1619 8 kroneskilling|1619 8 kroneskilling]]
* [[Denmark 1619 1/2 krone KM-58a|1619-☘ half krone]]
* [[Denmark 1619-RFP 1/2 krone Fr-56|1619 gold half krone]]
* [[Denmark 1619 krone Dav-3517|1619-☘ krone]]
* [[Denmark 1619-RFP krone Fr-55|1619-☘ gold krone]]
* [[Denmark 1619-RFP 2 krone Fr-54|1619 gold double krone]]
* [[Denmark 1620 skilling|1620 skilling]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1618]]

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