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[[Image:SB125-31294o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 31294]]
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This specimen was lot 31294 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 2 Rigsdaler, 1863. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik VII. NGC MS-62. Sharply struck with an attractive arrangement of orange, red, and yellow tone that concentrates around the edges on both sides and adds an pleasant glow to the appearance. As a type, far SCARCER than the [[Denmark 1863-RH 2 rigsdaler Dav-78|dual busted commemorative]] type that b[ear]s the same date." After the reform of 1854, the monetary system was 96 skillings = 1 rigsdaler, 2 rigsdaler = 1 (old) speciedaler. This coin, struck 1854-56 and 1863, was also made in Altona in Schleswig-Holstein. The initials "RH" stood for mintmaster Petr Rasmus Hinnerup. In 1874, the coinage was reformed again to the current system of 100 øre = 1 krone.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 28.89 g, 0.875 fine silver, 37 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-77]]; KM-761.3; Sieg-14.3. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* ''Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed.,'' Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Denmark 1859-FA 2 frederiks d'or|1859-FA double frederiks d'or]]
* [[Denmark 1863-RH 2 rigsdaler Dav-78|1863-RH double rigsdaler, death of Frederik VII]]
* [[Denmark 1863-RH 2 frederiks d'or|1863-RH double ''frederiks d'or'']]
* [[Denmark 1864-RH 2 rigsdaler Dav-79|1864 double rigsdaler]]
* [[Denmark 1866-HC 2 christians d'or|1866 double christians d'or]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1863]]

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