Denmark-Gluckstadt 1713 8 skilling
This specimen was lot 10328 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €216 (about US$225). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 8 Skilling, 1713. Gluckstadt Mint. Frederik IV. NGC AU-53. Scarce date. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." The SCWC states this type was struck 1711-13 with initials "IW", which we don't see on this specimen. The "D.M.A." on the reverse stands for "DOMINVS MIHI ADIVTOR", meaning "Aid me O Lord". Frederick IV was king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Eight skilling were also struck in Norway in 1713; those bear the crossed hammers mintmark of the Kongsberg mint.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.057 g, 0.562 fine silver, 20.8 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-3; Hede-58; Sieg-56; Schou-7; Bruun-7407.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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