Denmark (15)50 skilling

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 10139

This specimen was lot 10139 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €69 (about US$80). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Skilling, 1550. Copenhagen Mint. Christian III. NGC VF Details--Damaged. This was the nicest example of Schou-1 that Bille Brahe was able to purchase. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." At this time one gulden was 48 skilling; the specie daler would not appear until later. This type was struck 1542-58.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.98 g, 0.250 fine silver, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Hede-6B; Sieg-32.2; Schou-1; Bruun-4328.

Source:

• Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

Links to:

• (15)45 skilling
• (15)45 gulden
• 1546 mark
• (15)52 skilling
• Coins and currency dated 1550