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[[Image:SB924-1061o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1061]]
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This specimen was lot 1061 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €10,800 (about US$11,969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"Pleasingly Brilliant Mint State 1/2 Ducat, [[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 1/2 Ducat, 1652. Copenhagen Mint; Privy Mark: Poker. Frederik III. NGC MS-60. Mintmaster: Henrik Köhler. Engraver: Hans zum Busch. Rich luster and exquisite details combine to make the present example what is surely the best of only a handful privately owned examples of this highly sought-after one-year type."</blockquote>

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 1.75 g, 0.979 fine silver, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 1.72 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-78; KM-188; Hede-8; Sieg-105; Schou-1; Aagaard-9.1; Bruun-6063. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* ''Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed.,'' Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, ''The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Links to:''
* [[Denmark 1649 ducat Fr-77|1649 ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1651 sosling|1651 søsling]]
* [[Denmark 1651 2 skilling KM-178|1651 2 skilling, "II/ SKIL/ DANS"]]
* [[Denmark 1651 krone Dav-3567|1651 krone, "DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT" right to left]]
* [[Denmark 1651 krone Dav-3567A|1651 krone, "DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT" left to right]]
* [[Denmark 1651 2 krone Dav-3566|1651 double krone]]
* [[Denmark 1651 ducat Fr-77|1651 ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1652 skilling KM-156.2|1652 skilling, reverse legend "NOR • VAN • GOTO • R • "]]
* [[Denmark 1652 2 mark|1652 2 mark]]
* [[Denmark 1652 krone Dav-3567|1652 krone, bust obverse, "DOMIN<sup>9</sup>:PROVID:"]]
* [[Denmark 1652 4 mark Dav-3569|1652 4 mark, monogram obverse]]
* [[Denmark 1653 krone Dav-3570A|1653 krone, oval arms, small crown]]
* [[Denmark 1653 krone Dav-3574|1653 krone, shield arms, large crown]]
* [[Denmark 1653-HK 2 speciedaler Dav-3541|1653-HK double speciedaler]]
* [[Denmark 1653 ducat Fr-101|1653 ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1653 2 ducats Fr-100|1653 double ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1653 5 ducats Fr-98|1653 5 ducats (½ portugaloser)]]
* [[Denmark 1655 krone Dav-3572|1655 krone (4 mark)]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1652]]

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