Denmark 1888-CS 10 ore

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73518

This specimen was lot 73518 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $408. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 10 Ore, 1888-CS. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IX. NGC MS-63. Prooflike contrast on the obverse gives this excellent little minor enhanced appeal. Fully argent except for some gentle mottled russet tone, it is a desirable Choice piece." This type was struck 1874-75, 1882-91, of which only the 1889 and 1891 are common. It is part of the reform of 1874 which decimalized Danish coinage, dropping the old skillings, rigsbankdalers and fredericks d'or. This coin was struck to the same standard as the Swedish ten öre.

Recorded mintage: 306,000, a rare date.

Specification: 1.45 g, 0.400 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-795.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1886-♥ CS 10 øre
• 1888-♥ CS øre
• 1888-♥ CS 2 kroner
• 1889-♥ CS 2 øre
• 1889-♥ CS 10 øre
• Coins and currency dated 1888