Denmark 1620 skilling
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This specimen was lot 1111 in Sincona sale 66 (Zurich, October 2020), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$158 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DENMARK | misc. Christian IV. 1588-1648. Skilling 1620, Kopenhagen. Münzzeichen Vogel. Vorzüglich. (kingdom of Denmark, Christian IV, 1588-1648, skilling of 1620, Copenhagen mint, bird mintmark. Extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1619-23, before Denmark's disastrous foray into the Thirty Years War. Three mintmarks are recorded for this date; the bird shown here, a trefoil and a bird's wing.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.53 g, 0.312 fine silver, this specimen 0.53 g.
Catalog reference: KM 67, Hede 119 B.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 66, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, featuring the Claude Stritt Collection, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2020.
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