Denmark (15)94 2 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10076

This specimen was lot 10076 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €360 (about US$375). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1594. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC AU-53. Detailed strike of this interesting (Rex Electus) type made before the kings coronation. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1594-96 and was worth 1/48 of a speciedaler. 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: 2.36 g, 0.312 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Hede-67; Sieg-28; Schou-3; Bruun-4604.

Source:

• 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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