Denmark 1612 mark

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice, lot 10098

This specimen was lot 10098 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,920 (about US$2,001). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Mark, 1612. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC MS-61. Lustrous coin with sharp details. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck at Helsingør 1612-18 and was worth one quarter 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: 8.66 g, 0.593 fine silver, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-52; Hede-99A; Sieg-68.1; Schou-10; Bruun-4867.

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:

• 1609 mark, Helsingør mint
• 1611-☘ 2 skilling
• (1611)-IH double speciedaler
• 1611 half rose noble
• 1611 rose noble (guldridder)
• 1612-✿ skilling
• 1613-☘ hvid
• 1613 mark, Helsingør mint
• Coins and currency dated 1612