Denmark (1685) ducat Fr-186

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Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1123
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This specimen was lot 1123 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[1] noted,

"Extremely Pleasing Ducat Offering Bright Luster and Frosted Devices, DENMARK. Ducat, ND (1685). Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-63. Mintmaster: Gregorius Sesemann. Fields gleaming with luster and almost frosted devices make this already RARE coin truly exceptional. Details are beautiful and impressively applied, with limited instances of actual handling or circulation. The initials D.G. in the center of the reverse is an unusually prominent placing of the fact that the absolute monarch was king by the grace of God (Dei Gratia)."

The Danish monarchy had historically been elective until Christian's father Frederik made it hereditary in his family. This was met with loud objections from the nobility.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 3.43 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-186; KM-374.2; Hede-12B; Sieg-76; Schou-19; Bruun-7249.

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.
  • [1]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.

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