Denmark 1660 krone Dav-3574

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10232

This specimen was lot 10232 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €960 (about US$). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Krone, 1660. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type is listed for 1654-60 in numerous varieties. One krone was four mark or two-thirds speciedaler. A four mark was also struck at the Gluckstadt mint in Holstein; it has the date on the shield side and mintmaster's initials "IS".

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.671 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 20.34 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-3574; KM-194.5; Hede-95A; Sieg-49.1; Schou-25; Aagaard-72.6; Bruun-6331.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• 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:

• 1659 krone, shield reverse
• 1659 krone, sword smiting hand, "*IIII*MARCK*DANSKE*"
• 1659 krone, sword smiting hand, "DOMINVS PROVIDEBIT"
• 1659 half ducat
• 1659 triple ducat
• 1659 10 ducats (portugaloser)
• 1660 2 mark
• Denmark-Gluckstadt 1660-IS krone Dav-3675
• 1660 quarter ducat
• 1661 skilling
• 1661 2 skilling
• 1661-HK speciedaler
• 1661-HK double speciedaler
• 1661 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1660