Denmark-Gluckstadt 1704 8 skilling
This specimen was lot 4372 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €460 (about US$602 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, KÖNIGLICH DÄNISCHER ANTEIL. Friedrich IV. 1699-1730. 8 Schilling 1704, Glückstadt. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, royal Danish line, Frederick IV, 1699-1730, eight schilling of 1704, Gluckstadt mint. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Altho the auctioneers attribute this type to Schleswig-Holstein, the SCWC files this under Denmark. It was issued 1700-08 and is scarce in nice condition.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.562 fine silver, this specimen 3.02 g.
Catalog reference: KM 470, Hede 58.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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