Denmark 1619 4 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10117

This specimen was lot 10117 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €168 (about US$175). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 4 Skilling, 1619. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC VF-30. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1616-19 and was worth 1/24 speciedaler. Oval shield (KM 55.1) and square topped shield (KM 55.2, shown here) varieties 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: 2.26 g, 0.437 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-55.2; Hede-100B; Sieg-43.2; Schou-124; Bruun-5135.

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:

• 1617 mark
• (1618-19) hvid
• 1618 2 skilling
• 1618 4 skilling
• 1618-☘ mark
• 1618-☘ quarter krone = ¾ mark
• 1618-☘ half krone = 1½ mark
• 1618 krone = 3 mark
• 1618 speciedaler
• 1618-☘ 2 krone
• 1619 hvid
• 1619-☘ 2 kroneskilling
• 1619-☘ 4 kroneskilling
• 1619 8 kroneskilling
• 1619-☘ half krone
• 1619 gold half krone
• 1619-☘ krone
• 1619-☘ gold krone
• 1619 gold double krone
• 1620 skilling
• 1620 krone = 3 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1619