Norway 1670 2 mark KM-95a

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2888

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 2888 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Mark, 1670. VERY FINE." The SCWC lists two different two mark types for 1670, of which this is the second. The first (KM 95) was 11.14 g, 0.672 fine silver. Both are scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.63 g, 0.667 silver.

Catalog reference: H-42; KM-95a; Sieg-31.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

Links to:

• Norway 1648-PG specie daler Dav-3534
• 1668-FG double specie daler
• 1669-☘ 2 mark
• (1669) half ducat
• 1669-FG ducat
• 1670-FG specie daler
• 1670-FG double specie daler
• (1670-99) half ducat
• (1670-99) double ducat, armored bust
• (1670-99) double ducat, bare bust
• 1671 4 mark (krone)
• Denmark 1671-GK ducat Fr-140
• 1673 double ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1670
• return to Norway