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[[Image:Denmark K335-4953.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 335, lot 4953]] | [[Image:Denmark K335-4953.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 335, lot 4953]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 4953 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DÄNEMARK, KÖNIGREICH. Frederik IV. 1699-1730. 8 Skilling 1702, Kopenhagen. Vorzüglich +.'' (kingdom of [[Denmark]], Frederick IV, 1699-1730, eight skilling of 1702, Copenhagen mint. Extremely fine or better.)"</blockquote> This was | + | This specimen was lot 4953 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DÄNEMARK, KÖNIGREICH. Frederik IV. 1699-1730. 8 Skilling 1702, Kopenhagen. Vorzüglich +.'' (kingdom of [[Denmark]], Frederick IV, 1699-1730, eight skilling of 1702, Copenhagen mint. Extremely fine or better.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1700-05 at Copenhagen. A similar eight skilling ([[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1704 8 skilling|KM 1]]) was struck in Gluckstadt 1702-04 with a flower mintmark. Eight skilling was 1/8 krone or 1/12 speciedaler. It is common in worn condition. The initials "DMA" are not a mintmark but an abbreviation of the royal motto, "DOMINUS MIHI ADIUTOR". |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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* [[Denmark 1701 2 ducats Fr-229|1701 double ducat, monogram reverse]] | * [[Denmark 1701 2 ducats Fr-229|1701 double ducat, monogram reverse]] | ||
* [[Denmark 1701 2 ducats Fr-243|1701 double ducat, Ft. Christiansborg]] | * [[Denmark 1701 2 ducats Fr-243|1701 double ducat, Ft. Christiansborg]] | ||
| − | * [[Denmark | + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1702 8 skilling]] |
| + | * [[Denmark 1703 8 skilling|1703-♥ 8 skilling]] | ||
| + | * [[Denmark-Gluckstadt 1704 8 skilling]] | ||
* [[Denmark 1704 speciedaler Dav-1288|1704 speciedaler]] | * [[Denmark 1704 speciedaler Dav-1288|1704 speciedaler]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1702]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1702]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 335, 336]] | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 335, 336]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:33, 18 July 2025
This specimen was lot 4953 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DÄNEMARK, KÖNIGREICH. Frederik IV. 1699-1730. 8 Skilling 1702, Kopenhagen. Vorzüglich +. (kingdom of Denmark, Frederick IV, 1699-1730, eight skilling of 1702, Copenhagen mint. Extremely fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1700-05 at Copenhagen. A similar eight skilling (KM 1) was struck in Gluckstadt 1702-04 with a flower mintmark. Eight skilling was 1/8 krone or 1/12 speciedaler. It is common in worn condition. The initials "DMA" are not a mintmark but an abbreviation of the royal motto, "DOMINUS MIHI ADIUTOR".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.562 fine silver, this specimen 2.96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 470, Hede 42.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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