Denmark 1701 8 skilling

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 38076

This specimen was lot 38076 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 8 Skillings, 1701-DMA. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik IV. NGC MS-62." The initials "·D·M·A·" are not a mintmark but the king's motto, "DOMINUS MIHI ADIUTOR". This type was struck 1700-05. Twelve of these made a specie daler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.057 g, 0.562 fine silver, 22.14 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-470.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1695-♥ 8 skilling
• 1700-♥ krone, Frederik IV
• 1700 ducat, Frederik IV
• 1701 double ducat, monogram reverse
• 1701 double ducat, Ft. Christiansborg
• 1702-♥ 8 skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1701