Norway, skilling 1524-1533 – Ex. Count Lerche 1992

Norway, skilling dated 1524-1533 (ND), struck under King Frederik I. Bergen mint. Fine condition. In 1526 Lord Vincent Lunge of Bergenhus, received a letter from King Frederik I, ordering him to produce new coins in Bergen. On 3rd April 1527, Lord Lunge ordered moneyer Hans to produce coins of two different denominations, skilling and hvid. From 1530, coins with the skilling denomination from the Bergen mint were dated. Since the skilling we have for sale is undated, we should be able to narrow down its production to sometime between 1527 and 1529 based on this. Schive XVI:17; NMD 7.

Ex. Count Christian Lerche, sold through Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner (Copenhagen) 24th-26th March 1992, lot no 1276; B. Ahlström Mynthandel AB auction 46 (Stockholm) 14th-15th November 1992, lot no. 1717; Christian J. Simensen, sold through Oslo Myntgalleri AS (auction 36 lot 435). 1,27 g. 

Protocol no. 5326

On Norwegian coins dated pre-1537 export restrictions may apply.