View source for Norway 1677 2 skilling KM-131

[[Image:SB225-11096o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11096]]
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This specimen was lot 11096 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €660 (about US$688). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Norway|NORWAY]]. 2 Skilling, 1677. Christiania mint. Christian V. NGC EF-45. A lovely example of this, the best date in the series. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1675-83. Another two skilling with a monogram obverse ([[Norway 1677 2 skilling KM-135|KM 135]]) was struck in 1677. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.

''Recorded mintage:'' 89,000 of KM 135 plus 95,000 of KM 131. 

''Specification:'' 1.09 g, 0.406 fine, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 1.17 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-131; H-48C; Sieg-12.1; NMD-146; Schou-48; Bruun-10207. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' 
* Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, ''Norges Mynter fra 995-1992'', Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
* 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:''
* [[Norway 1676 1/2 skilling|1676 ½ skilling]]
* [[Norway 1676 2 skilling|1676-☘ 2 skilling]]
* [[Norway 1676 16 skilling|1676 16 skilling (mark)]]
* [[Norway 1676-PG 4 mark Dav-3662|1676-☘ PG 4 mark (krone)]]
* [[Norway 1677 2 skilling KM-135|1677-☘ 2 skilling, monogram obverse]]
* [[Norway 1677 4 skilling|1677-☘ 4 skilling]]
* [[Norway 1678-PG 4 mark Dav-3662|1678-☘ PG 4 mark (krone)]]
* [[Norway 1679 2 skilling|1679-☘ 2 skilling]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1677]]

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