Norway 1679 2 skilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11099

This specimen was lot 11099 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Skilling, 1679. Christiania mint. Christian V. NGC AU Details--Obverse Scratched. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1675-83. One specie daler was six mark or 96 skilling.

Recorded mintage: 499,000.

Specification: 1.09 g, 0.406 fine, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 1.09 g.

Catalog reference: KM-131; H-48C; Sieg-12.1; NMD-149; Schou-32; Bruun-10226.

Source:

• Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
• 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:

• 1677-☘ 2 skilling, lion obverse
• 1677-☘ 2 skilling, monogram obverse
• 1678-☘ PG 4 mark (krone)
• 1679-☘ 2 skilling
• 1679-☘ PG 4 mark (krone)
• 1680-☘ 2 skilling
• 1680-☘ PG 4 mark (krone)
• 1680-PG quadruple specie daler
• Coins and currency dated 1679