Denmark 1689-GS 2 mark

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10290

This specimen was lot 10290 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €504 (about US$525). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Mark, 1689-GS. Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Erling C. W. E. Collection 549/1890." This one year type is rare, Two mark was half a krone or one-third speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.13 g, 0.593 fine silver, this specimen 11.10 g.

Catalog reference: [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|KM-385a; Hede-83; Sieg-30; Schou-13; Bruun-7046.

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:

• 1686-GS 2 mark
• 1688 double ducat, Fort Christiansborg
• 1689-GS krone
• 1689-GS 4 mark, pattern struck in gold
• 1690-CW krone (4 mark)
• 1691-CW 2 mark
• 1691-CW krone
• 1691-CW speciedaler
• Coins and currency dated 1689

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