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[[Image:SB125-31285o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 31285]] | [[Image:SB125-31285o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 31285]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:SB225-10297o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10297]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 31285 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $960. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 2 Skilling, 1693. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-65. One year type. An astounding Gem of the issue, this little jewel boasts and impressive strike with radiant white luster in the centers that gives way to light tone at the edges. Easily the finest graded, and with overall attributes that would be difficult to surpass." The second specimen was lot 10297 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1693. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC AU-50. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This rare type was struck 1693 only. The "·P·&·I·" on the reverse is not a mintmark but the king's motto, "PIETATE ET IVSTITIA". A very similar design was used for the copper half skilling (KM 421) of the same year. This coin was worth 1/48 of a speciedaler. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''Specification:'' 0.913 g, 0.500 fine silver, 16 mm diameter. | ''Specification:'' 0.913 g, 0.500 fine silver, 16 mm diameter. | ||
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' KM-422; Sieg-10. | + | ''Catalog reference:'' KM-422; Hede-111; Sieg-10; Schou-75; Bruun-7138. |
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
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* ''Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed.,'' Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015. | * ''Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed.,'' Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024. | * <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024. | ||
| + | * <sup>[2]</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. | ||
''Link to:'' | ''Link to:'' | ||
| − | * [[Denmark | + | * [[Denmark 1677 2 skilling|1677 2 skilling]] |
* [[Denmark 1692-CW krone Dav-3643|1692-CW krone]] | * [[Denmark 1692-CW krone Dav-3643|1692-CW krone]] | ||
* [[Denmark 1692-CW ducat Fr-186|1692-CW ducat]] | * [[Denmark 1692-CW ducat Fr-186|1692-CW ducat]] | ||
* [[Denmark 1692 5 ducats|MDCXCII (1692) 5 ducats]] | * [[Denmark 1692 5 ducats|MDCXCII (1692) 5 ducats]] | ||
| + | * [[Denmark 1693 mark|1693-♥ mark]] | ||
* [[Denmark 1693 krone Dav-3648|1693-♥ krone (4 mark)]] | * [[Denmark 1693 krone Dav-3648|1693-♥ krone (4 mark)]] | ||
| − | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693 4 mark Dav-3679a]] | + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693 4 skilling]] |
| + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693-CW 2 mark]] | ||
| + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693-CW 4 mark Dav-3679]], date in legend | ||
| + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693 4 mark Dav-3679a]], date below shield | ||
* [[Denmark 1693 2 krone Dav-3647|1693-♥ double krone (8 mark)]] | * [[Denmark 1693 2 krone Dav-3647|1693-♥ double krone (8 mark)]] | ||
| + | * [[Denmark 1694 1/2 skilling|1694-♥ ½ skilling]] | ||
| + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694 skilling]] | ||
| + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694 8 skilling]] | ||
| + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694-CW 2 mark]] | ||
| + | * [[Denmark 1694 krone Dav-3648|1694-♥ krone (4 mark)]] | ||
* [[Denmark 1694 1/2 ducat Fr-162|1694-♥ half ducat]] | * [[Denmark 1694 1/2 ducat Fr-162|1694-♥ half ducat]] | ||
* [[Denmark 1694 ducat Fr-144|1694-♥ ducat, monogram reverse]] | * [[Denmark 1694 ducat Fr-144|1694-♥ ducat, monogram reverse]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1693]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1693]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale]] | + | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]] |
Latest revision as of 13:24, 7 August 2025
The first specimen was lot 31285 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1693. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-65. One year type. An astounding Gem of the issue, this little jewel boasts and impressive strike with radiant white luster in the centers that gives way to light tone at the edges. Easily the finest graded, and with overall attributes that would be difficult to surpass." The second specimen was lot 10297 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description[2] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1693. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC AU-50. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This rare type was struck 1693 only. The "·P·&·I·" on the reverse is not a mintmark but the king's motto, "PIETATE ET IVSTITIA". A very similar design was used for the copper half skilling (KM 421) of the same year. This coin was worth 1/48 of a speciedaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.913 g, 0.500 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-422; Hede-111; Sieg-10; Schou-75; Bruun-7138.
- 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, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
- [2]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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- 1677 2 skilling
- 1692-CW krone
- 1692-CW ducat
- MDCXCII (1692) 5 ducats
- 1693-♥ mark
- 1693-♥ krone (4 mark)
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693 4 skilling
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693-CW 2 mark
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693-CW 4 mark Dav-3679, date in legend
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1693 4 mark Dav-3679a, date below shield
- 1693-♥ double krone (8 mark)
- 1694-♥ ½ skilling
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694 skilling
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694 8 skilling
- Denmark-Gluckstadt 1694-CW 2 mark
- 1694-♥ krone (4 mark)
- 1694-♥ half ducat
- 1694-♥ ducat, monogram reverse
- 1694-♥ ducat, crown reverse
- 1695-♥ 8 skilling
- Coins and currency dated 1693