Denmark 1669-GK ducat Fr-109

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1091

This specimen was lot 1091 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €18,000 (about US$19,948 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Appealing Mint State Ducat With Bright Luster Throughout, DENMARK. Ducat, 1669. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-60. Mintmaster: Gotfred Krüger (GK). A delightful Mint State example of this EXCEEDINGLY RARE type, with only about three or four examples known. This particular reverse die is only known from this example.
The reverse design featuring three individual heraldic shields (representing the three lions of Denmark; the axe-bearing lion of Norway, and the three Swedish crowns), instead of one subdivided coat of arms, was reused on the first of Christian V's Ducats."

Another ducat (Fr-79) was struck in Gluckstadt in 1669. This type was struck 1669-70.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 3.42 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-109; KM-313; Hede-37; Sieg-126; Schou-3; Aagaard-64.1 (69-1/69-2); Bruun-6690.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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