Denmark-Gluckstadt 1673 4 mark Dav-3678
This specimen was lot 4370 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €240 (about US$314 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, KÖNIGLICH DÄNISCHER ANTEIL. Christian V. 1670-1699. 4 Mark (Krone) 1673, Glückstadt. Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, royal Danish line, four mark or krone of 1673, Gluckstadt mint. Very fine.)"
Gluckstadt, a town on the Elbe downstream of the city of Hamburg, was founded in 1617 by the kings of Denmark and later made the capital of the duchy of Holstein, which they ruled. This four mark Danske was struck 1671-82.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.671 fine silver, this specimen 21.99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 63, Dav-3678; Hede 121; Lange -.
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- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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