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This specimen was lot 10286 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €336 (about US$350). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 2 Skilling, 1686-GS. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-63. Exceptional lustrous example, scarce for this small nominal. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1686 only but many varieties exist, suggesting a substantial output. Two skilling was 1/48 speciedaler or 1/32 krone. | This specimen was lot 10286 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €336 (about US$350). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 2 Skilling, 1686-GS. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-63. Exceptional lustrous example, scarce for this small nominal. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1686 only but many varieties exist, suggesting a substantial output. Two skilling was 1/48 speciedaler or 1/32 krone. | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 17 March 2025
This specimen was lot 10286 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €336 (about US$350). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1686-GS. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-63. Exceptional lustrous example, scarce for this small nominal. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1686 only but many varieties exist, suggesting a substantial output. Two skilling was 1/48 speciedaler or 1/32 krone.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.2 g, 0.343 fine silver, 18.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-383.1; Hede-84; Sieg-9.1; Schou-27; Bruun-7019.
- 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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