View source for Denmark 1665-GK 3 mark Fr-129

[[Image:SB924-1082o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1082]]
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This specimen was lot 1082 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €15,600 (about US$17,288 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"Alluring Fractional Ducat with Only Three Known Pieces in Private Hands, [[Denmark|DENMARK]]. Gold 3 Mark (1/4 Ducat), 1665. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-63. Mintmaster: Gotfred Krüger (GK). Presumably engraved by Jeremias Hercules. Only two or three examples in private hands, plus one in the National Museum of Denmark. An astonishingly perfect example of this type which quite unconventionally for a gold coin bears the denomination of 3 Mark (1/2 Taler) written all across the reverse.

<p>It has been suggested that these very small gold coins (0.90 g) were minted for the king to be used as handouts on his domestic travels. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."</p></blockquote> The only other Danish gold coin for 1665 is a five ducats ([[Denmark 1665-GK 5 ducats Fr-81|Fr-81]]) although we note a rare ducat from Norway ([[Norway 1665 ducat Fr-4|Fr-4]]). This date also comes with a shamrock mintmark (♣).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 0.87 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 0.90 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-129; KM-264.2; Hede-40C; Sieg-102.1; Schou-12; Aagaard-58.1; Bruun-6441. 

''[[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 1660 1/4 ducat Fr-103|1660 quarter ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1661 ducat Fr-101|1661 ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1663-IS 2 ducats Fr-117|1663-IS double ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1664 4 ducats Fr-110|1664-☘ quadruple ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1664-CH 5 ducats Fr-114|1664-CH 5 ducats]]
* [[Denmark 1665 skilling|1665-♣ skilling]]
* [[Denmark 1665 2 skilling|1665-☘ 2 skilling]]
* [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1665 1/16 speciedaler]]
* [[Denmark 1665-FCH 2 speciedaler Dav-3552|1665-FCH double speciedaler]]
* [[Norway 1665 ducat Fr-4|Norway 1665 ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1665 ducat Fr-101|1665 ducat]]
* [[Denmark 1665-GK 5 ducats Fr-81|1665-GK 5 ducats (½ portugaloser)]]
* [[Denmark 1666-GK 2 mark KM-259.1|1666-GK 2 mark, "Dominus Prouidebit" in Italic letters]]
* [[Denmark 1666-GK 2 mark KM-259.2|1666-GK 2 mark, "DOMINVS PROVIDEBIT" in Roman letters]]
* [[Denmark 1666 2 mark KM-269.2|1666-☘ 2 mark, with circle of pearls]]
* [[Denmark 1666-GK krone Dav-3579|1666-GK krone, bust obverse]]
* [[Denmark 1666-GK krone Dav-3580|1666-GK krone, monogram obverse with pellets]]
* [[Denmark 1666-GK krone Dav-3582|1666-GK krone, monogram obverse with rosettes]]
* [[Denmark 1666-GK krone Fr-88|1666-GK gold krone]]
* [[Denmark 1671-GK ducat Fr-140|1671 ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1665]]

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