Denmark 1618 2 skilling
This specimen was lot 10109 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €720 (about US$751). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling, 1618. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IV. NGC MS-62. Variation KM 16.2(c). Magnificent coin with a crisp strike and lovely toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1618 only and was worth 1/48 speciedaler. Oval shield (KM 55.1) and square topped shield (KM 55.2) varieties 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: 1.59 g, 0.281 fine silver, 21.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-16.2; Hede-79D; Sieg-30.4; Schou-108; Bruun-5061.
- 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.
Links to:
- 1617 mark
- 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 8 kroneskilling
- 1619-☘ half krone
- 1619 gold half krone
- 1619-☘ krone
- 1619-☘ gold krone
- 1619 gold double krone
- 1620 skilling
- Coins and currency dated 1618