Denmark 1608 8 skilling KM-32.4

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10091

This specimen was lot 10091 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €840 (about US$876). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 8 Skilling, 1608. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-53. Attractive toning with crisp details, especially on obverse. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Aug K. Krautwald Collection." This type was struck at Helsingør 1608 only and was worth one twelfth speciedaler. Another eight skilling (KM 32.3) was struck at the Copenhagen mint. 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: 2.92 g, 0.888 fine silver, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-32.4 (formerly KM 42); Hede-96; Sieg-55; Schou-64; Bruun-4785.

Source:

• 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.

Links to:

• 1606-☘ 8 skilling, bust obverse
• 1607-☘ 2 skilling
• 1607-☘ mark, Copenhagen mint
• 1607 mark, Helsingør mint
• Denmark (1607-08) gold mark Fr-52
• (1607-11) double speciedaler
• 1608 2 skilling, Helsingør mint
• 1608-☘ 4 skilling, Copenhagen mint
• 1608 4 skilling, Helsingør mint
• 1608-☘ 8 skilling, Copenhagen mint
• 1608 mark, Helsingør mint
• 1608 double ungersk gylden
• 1608 sovereign
• 1609-☘ 8 skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1608