Norway 1643 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11008

This specimen was lot 11008 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €288 (about US$300). The catalog description^[1] noted, "NORWAY. Skilling, 1643. Christiania mint. Christian IV. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)." This type was struck 1643-48 and is scarce. It was worth 1/96 of a specie daler. Some of this issue show only a two digit date ("43"). If the SCWC and Numista are correct, this coin is debased from the prior issue of 1641-42, which was 0.875 fine silver.

Recorded mintage: 207,000.

Specification: 0.92 g, 0.156 fine silver, this specimen 0.92 g.

Catalog reference: KM-23; H-18; Sieg-1; NMD-135A; Schou-51; Bruun-9476.

Source:

• Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
• 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:

• 1642-☘ 2 skilling
• 1642-☘ 4 skilling
• 1642-☘ 8 skilling
• 1642 specie daler
• 1643-☘ 2 skilling
• 1643-☘ 8 skilling
• 1643 quarter specie daler
• 1643 half specie daler
• 1644-☘ skilling
• 1644-☘ 2 skilling
• 1644-☘ 8 skilling
• 1644-☘ 16 skilling (mark)
• 1644-☘ 2 mark = 32 skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1643