Denmark 1716-CW 12 skilling

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10333
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This specimen was lot 10333 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €192 (about US$200). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 12 Skilling, 1716-CW. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik IV. NGC AU-58. Golden lustrous toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1712-19. The obverse motto, "DOMINVS · MIHI · ADIVTOR ·", means "Aid me O Lord". Twelve skilling was 3/16 of a krone or 1/8 speciedaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.89 g, 0.562 fine silver, 23.8 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-504; Hede-43B; Sieg-10; Schou-6; Bruun-7444.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.

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