Denmark 1668-FCH 2 speciedaler Dav-B3557
This specimen was lot 1090 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €22,800 (about US$25,267 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Double Speciedaler with Charming Toning and No Actual Circulation, The Only Known 1668 Double Speciedaler, DENMARK. 2 Speciedaler, 1668. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC Unc Details--Cleaned. Mintmaster: Frederik Caspar Herbach (FCH). Engraver: Jeremias Hercules. A wonderfully delicate and highly impressive example, engraved with great precision and depicting a lion's head on the shoulder of the king's cuirass. This is the only known example of this majestic Double Speciedaler, which isn't even to be found in the National Museum of Denmark or other public collections around the world.
Almost all of the reference catalogs mistakenly describes this coin as a 3 Taler although the weight clearly indicates that it is in fact a Double Taler. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."
Another double speciedaler (Dav-3558) exists for 1668.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 57.55 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 57.56 g.
Catalog reference: KM-233; Dav-B3557; Hede-77; Sieg-93; Schou-8; Aagaard-109.1; Bruun-6642.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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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