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| − | This specimen was lot 10094 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €264 (about US$275). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 8 Skilling, 1609. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC VF-25. Scarce date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck at | + | This specimen was lot 10094 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €264 (about US$275). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 8 Skilling, 1609. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC VF-25. Scarce date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck at Copenhagen 1606-09 and was worth 1/12 speciedaler. Undated versions exist. 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. |
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Revision as of 15:49, 10 March 2025
This specimen was lot 10094 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €264 (about US$275). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 8 Skilling, 1609. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC VF-25. Scarce date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck at Copenhagen 1606-09 and was worth 1/12 speciedaler. Undated versions exist. 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-32.5; Hede-93B; Sieg-54.3; Schou-21; Bruun-4813.
- 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:
- 1608 2 skilling, Helsingør mint
- 1608-☘ 4 skilling, Copenhagen mint
- 1608 4 skilling, Helsingør mint
- 1608-☘ 8 skilling, Copenhagen mint
- 1608 8 skilling, Helsingør mint
- 1608 mark, Helsingør mint
- 1608 double ungersk gylden
- 1608 sovereign
- 1609 4 skilling, Helsingør mint
- 1609-☘ mark
- 1611-☘ 2 skilling
- 1613 mark
- Coins and currency dated 1609