Norway 1845 12 skilling

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 36412

This specimen was lot 36412 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NORWAY. 12 Skilling, 1845. Kongsberg Mint. Oscar I. NGC MS-63. Finest certified by NGC." This four year type was struck 1845-48 while Norway was under Swedish rule. It featured the new king Oscar and was worth one tenth of a specie daler. This is the most common date.

Recorded mintage: 631,000.

Specification: 2.89 g, 0.875 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-314.1.

Source:

• Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
• Thesen, Gunnar, Georg Klammt and Eirik Mye, Norges Mynter, perioden 1814-2023, Oslo: Nordfrim Norge, 2023.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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• 1844 half specie daler
• 1844 specie daler
• 1853 12 skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1845