Norway 1865 24 skilling
This specimen was lot 761 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $2,722.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Karl IV. 1859-1872. AR 24 Skilling. Kongsberg mint. Dated 1865. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63. Light iridescent tone." This one year type is the last of a denomination first issued in 1819. It was worth one fifth of a specie daler. This specimen sold for three times the catalog value.
Recorded mintage: 79,000.
Specification: 5.78 g, .875 fine silver, this specimen Ø24 mm, 5.77 g, 6h axis.
Catalog reference: KM 327; Y 8a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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- 1862 24 skilling
- 1865 specie daler
- Norway 1867 1/2 skilling
- Coins and currency dated 1865
- return to coins of Norway