View source for Denmark 1648 2 skilling KM-157

[[Image:SB225-10195o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10195]]
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This specimen was lot 10195 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €288 (about US$300). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 2 Skilling, 1648. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The SCWC records several two skilling struck in 1648: [[Denmark 1644 2 skilling|KM 132]], KM 157 (shown here) and KM 158. This one, struck 1648-49, has the reverse legend "NOR·VAN·GOTO·ELEC:R:(ax)", referring to Frederick's status as king elect but not yet crowned.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 1.19 g, 0.281 fine silver, 17.6 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 157; Hede-122A; Sieg-13.3; Schou-5; Bruun-5967. 

''[[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 1644 2 skilling|1644 2 skilling]]
* [[Denmark 1648 1/12 specie daler|1648 1/12 speciedaler, largesse]]
* [[Denmark 1648 1/6 speciedaler|1648 1/6 speciedaler, largesse]]
* [[Denmark 1648 1/4 specie daler|1648 quarter specie daler, largesse]]
* [[Denmark 1648 ducat Fr-39|1648 "Hebrew" ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1648 1/2 ducat Fr-76|1648 half ducat, largesse]]
* [[Denmark 1648 ducat Fr-75|1648 ducat, largesse]]
* [[Denmark 1648 4 ducats Fr-72|1648 quadruple ducat, largesse]]
* [[Denmark 1649 2 skilling KM-158|1649 2 skilling, reverse legend "NOR·VAN·GOTO·Q·REX"]]
* [[Denmark 1649-HK 2 speciedaler Dav-3539|1649 double speciedaler]]
* [[Denmark 1649 ducat Fr-77|1649 ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1650 2 skilling|1650 2 skilling]]
* [[Denmark 1651 2 skilling KM-178|1651 2 skilling, "II/ SKIL/ DANS"]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1648]]

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