DENMARK. 10 Ducats (Portugaloser), 1664. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU Details--Cleaned.Fr-113; KM-unlisted; Hede-62B; Sieg-80.2; Schou-1; Aagaard-99.1; Bruun-6410. Weight: 34.79 gms. Mintmaster: Caspar Herbach (CH). Engraver: Johan Blum. Although at some point gently cleaned this gorgeous 10 Ducat dazzles with abundant luster and superlative details.<p>Bruun owned a duplicate of this coin from the Brahesminde Collection. This was offered at the 1925 sale of duplicates in 1925 as lot 2582 and sold to Virgil M. Brand. It realized DKK 2,100 which was the second highest price of all the 6,241 lots offered, in spite of being scuffed and mounted, underlining the extreme importance of this extraordinary issue.<p>A shelved die for Johan Stichmanns Speciedaler from 1662 was used for the obverse, whereas the reverse die is known from gold 5 and 10 Ducats and a unique Double Taler held in the National Museum of Denmark.<p><em>Presumably struck for the kings personal use. It is also quite likely that this particular example has in fact been in royal possession since it was first made. It was bequeathed to counsellor of state, Julius Gustav Berger Klemp (1813-1890), who had acted as executor of king Frederik VIIs estate by his widow, countess Louise Danner.</em>From the L. E. Bruun Collection.<p>Ex: J. G. B. Klemp Collection (Copenhagen - 1891) Lot # 343.<p>Presumably ex: King Frederik VII of Denmark Collection.<p>
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