Denmark 1908-VBP 10 kroner
This specimen was lot 70400 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 10 Kroner, 1908. Copenhagen Mint. NGC MS-65. Just a two year type and containing .1296 of an ounce of pure gold." The ten kroner shown here was issued 1908-09 in limited numbers compared to the larger twenty kroner. The last gold ten kroner is dated 1917.
Recorded mintage: 308,000.
Specification: 4.48 g, 0.900 fine gold, .129 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM-809.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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