Denmark 1667-GK 2 mark

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10248
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This specimen was lot 10248 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €192 (about US$200). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Mark, 1667-GK. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. Scarce type. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." Another two mark (KM 284) was struck in 1667 with a monogram obverse. It lacks the mintmaster's initials. Two mark was half a krone or one-third speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.31 g, 0.671 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 10.34 g.

Catalog reference: KM-284; Hede-115; Sieg-40; Schou-53; Aagaard-157.1; Bruun-6592.

Source:

  • 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.

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