Denmark 1653 2 mark KM-191.2

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10213

This specimen was lot 10213 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$938). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Mark, 1653. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Rare single year type. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale-1918)." This type was struck 1653-57 with varieties in the shape of the shield. Two mark was half a krone or one-third speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.87 g, 0.671 fine silver, 34.1 mm diameter, this specimen 9,83 g.

Catalog reference: KM-191.2; Hede-97A; Sieg-32.1; Schou-68; Aagaard-122.1; Bruun-6114.

Source:

• 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:

• 1652 skilling, reverse legend "NOR • VAN • GOTO • R • "
• 1652 2 mark
• 1652 krone, bust obverse, "DOMIN⁹:PROVID:"
• 1652 4 mark, monogram obverse
• 1652 half ducat
• 1653 2 skilling
• 1653 krone, oval arms, small crown
• 1653 krone, shield arms, large crown
• 1653-HK double speciedaler
• 1653 ducat
• 1653 double ducat
• 1653 5 ducats (½ portugaloser)
• 1654 skilling
• 1654 2 skilling
• 1654 krone (4 mark)
• Coins and currency dated 1654