Denmark 1619 8 kroneskilling
This specimen was lot 10116 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,080 (about US$1,126). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 8 Kroneskilling, 1619. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC EF Details--Damaged. Rare type with date on both obverse and reverse. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: L. Chr. Petersen Collection (Copenhagen-1914/1918) Lot # 546." This type was struck 1619 only and was worth 1/12 speciedaler. It seems to have been part of an unsuccessful attempt to replace the debased minor coinage with coin of good silver. Two, four and eight kroneskilling exist. Christian IV (r. 1588-1648) had a long but only moderately successful reign. His war with Sweden and his intervention in the Thirty Years War were costly and brought little gain.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.14 g, 0.859 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-71.1; Hede-110A; Sieg-56.1; Schou-102; Bruun-5129.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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- 1617 mark
- 1618 2 skilling
- 1618 4 skilling
- 1618-☘ mark
- 1618-☘ quarter krone = ¾ mark
- 1618-☘ half krone = 1½ mark
- 1618 krone = 3 mark
- 1618 speciedaler
- 1618-☘ 2 krone
- 1619 hvid
- 1619-☘ 2 kroneskilling
- 1619 4 skilling
- 1619-☘ 4 kroneskilling
- 1619-☘ half krone
- 1619 gold half krone
- 1619-☘ krone
- 1619 gold krone
- 1619 gold double krone
- 1620 skilling
- 1620 krone = 3 mark
- Coins and currency dated 1619