DENMARK. 5 Ducat (1/2 Portugaloser), 1653. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-62.Fr-106; KM-Pn10; Hede-52A; Sieg-71.1 (silver); Schou-3; Aagaard-81.1; Bruun-6082. Weight: 17.31 gms. Mintmaster: Henrik Köhler (HK). Engraver: Jeremias Hercules. A luminous and positively awe-inspiring example of a monumental and highly important gold type presumably struck for the personal use of the king. Of the utmost rarity and although known from public collections in Copenhagen, Odense, Vienna, St. Petersburg and Washington, this is the best of what appears to be only two in private hands.From the L. E. Bruun Collection.<p>Ex: Alfred Benzon Collection (Copenhagen - 1887) Lot # 987.<p>Ex: L. Christian Nielsen Collection (Copenhagen - 1878) Lot # 35.<p><p>
