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This specimen was lot 10230 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,251). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 1/16 Speciedaler (3 Skilling Lybsk), 1659-IS. Gluckstadt Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. An attractive coin with sharp details. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1658-59. The initials IS stood for Jacob Schwiegelt, mint master in Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein, 1644-1660.
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This specimen was lot 10230 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,251). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Denmark|DENMARK]]. 1/16 Speciedaler (3 Skilling Lybsk), 1659-IS. Gluckstadt Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. An attractive coin with sharp details. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1658-59. The initials IS stood for Jacob Schwiegelt, mint master in Glückstadt, [[German States, Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig-Holstein]], 1644-1660.
  
 
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 08:59, 14 March 2025

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10230
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This specimen was lot 10230 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,251). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 1/16 Speciedaler (3 Skilling Lybsk), 1659-IS. Gluckstadt Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. An attractive coin with sharp details. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1658-59. The initials IS stood for Jacob Schwiegelt, mint master in Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein, 1644-1660.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.72 g, 0.812 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-42.1; Hede-149; Sieg-147.1; Schou-99; Bruun-6321.

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.

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