Denmark 1653 ducat Fr-101
This specimen was lot 1064 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €14,400 (about US$15,958 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bright and Shimmering Ducat with Immense Appeal, DENMARK. Ducat, 1653. Copenhagen Mint; Privy Mark: Poker. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. Mintmaster: Henrik Köhler. Engraver: Jeremias Hercules. A positively charming example of this rare Ducat. Struck with the same obverse as the 5 and 2 Ducats in the previous lots but with a different reverse die with GOTHOR instead of GOTTOR in the king's title."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-101; KM-198; Hede-10A; Sieg-111.1; Schou-9; Aagaard-15.2; Bruun-6087.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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