Denmark 1624 hvid

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10153

This specimen was lot 10153 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €192 (about US$200). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Hvid., 1624. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC EF-45. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1624-25. It was the first hvid struck in pure copper rather than billon. Its value in the sixteenth century was 1/192 speciedaler; we don't know if it was affected by the devaluation of the 1620's. 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: 1.03 g, copper, 15.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-86; Hede-137; Sieg-10; Schou-161; Bruun-5438.

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:

• 1621 skilling
• Denmark-Glückstadt (1)623 speciedaler
• (1)623 10 ducats (portugaloser)
• 1624-☘ søsling
• 1624-☘ skilling
• 1624-☘ 2 skilling
• 1624-☘ 8 skilling
• 1624-☘ 12 skilling
• 1624-☘ 16 skilling
• 1624-☘ 24 skilling
• 1624-☘ half krone
• 1624-☘ krone
• 1624-☘ 2 krone
• 1624-☘ piastre
• 1624-NS speciedaler, oval shields
• 1624-NS speciedaler, ornate shields
• (16)24 speciedaler, octagonal klippe
• 1624-NS quadruple speciedaler
• 1625-☘ hvid
• 1625-☘ half krone
• Coins and currency dated 1624