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Revision as of 07:31, 12 March 2025
This specimen was lot 10082 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €192 (about US$200). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Skilling, 1605. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-53. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale-1918)." This type was struck 1605 and 1613-16 and was worth 1/96 speciedaler. Christian IV (r. 1588-1648) had a long but only moderately successful reign. His war with Sweden and his intervention in the Thirty Years War were costly and brought little gain.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.60 g, 0.171 fine silver, 20.2 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-29.1; Hede-80A; Sieg-21.1; Schou-12; Bruun-4700.
- 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.
- [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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