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| − | This specimen was lot 10054 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €528 (about US$550). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. Skilling, 1542. Christian III. NGC AU-58. Marvelous specimen of this, the first Danish coin which gives the number of the king. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." At this time one gulden was 48 skilling; the specie daler would appear until later. This type was struck 1542-68; this date is slightly heavier than the later ones. | + | This specimen was lot 10054 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €528 (about US$550). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. Skilling, 1542. Christian III. NGC AU-58. Marvelous specimen of this, the first Danish coin which gives the number of the king. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." At this time one gulden was 48 skilling; the specie daler would not appear until later. This type was struck 1542-68; this date is slightly heavier than the later ones. |
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Revision as of 13:34, 8 March 2025
This specimen was lot 10054 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €528 (about US$550). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Skilling, 1542. Christian III. NGC AU-58. Marvelous specimen of this, the first Danish coin which gives the number of the king. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." At this time one gulden was 48 skilling; the specie daler would not appear until later. This type was struck 1542-68; this date is slightly heavier than the later ones.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.2 g, 0.250 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Hede-6A; Sieg-32.1; Schou-1; Bruun-4286.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]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.
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