Norway 1655 16 skilling

Goldberg Sale 137, lot 1525

This specimen was lot 1525 in Goldberg Sale 137 (Los Angeles, January 2024), where it sold for $570. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Norway. 16 Skilling, 1655. Frederik III, 1648 - 1670. Pop 1; the only example graded at PCGS. PCGS graded VF-35." This type was struck 1648-61 and is comparatively common for an issue of seventeenth century Norway. Altho it was worth one mark (1/8 specie daler), we are calling it a 16 skilling as that is what is marked on the coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.57 g, 0.672 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-32.1.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg Sale 137: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, featuring the Peh Family Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2023.

Link to:

• Norway 1644 16 skilling = mark
• 1654 specie daler
• Norway 1659 16 skilling = mark
• Coins and currency dated 1655