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Latest revision as of 07:40, 12 March 2025
This specimen was lot 10055 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,680 (about US$1,751). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 8 Skilling, 1544. Christian III. NGC EF Details--Bent. A rare coin as are all of Christian III's 8 Skillings. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex. Peter F. Suhm Collection (Copenhagen, 1800/1802) Lot# 1317." At this time one gulden was 48 skilling; the specie daler would not appear until later.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.57 g, 0.649 fine silver, 27.7 mm diameter. This specimen 4.56 g.
Catalog reference: Hede-4B; Sieg-36.2; Schou-7; Bruun-4291.
- 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.
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