2 Ducats - Christian V Kongsberg
Features
| Issuer |
Norway
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Christian V (1670-1699)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1697 |
| Value | 2 Ducats |
| Currency | Ducat (1665-1680) |
| Composition | Gold (.979) |
| Weight | 6.57 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 422940 |
| References | KM# 196 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. Jan Olav Aamlid, Bjarne Ahlström, Kenneth Jonsson, Gunnar Thesen; 1991. Norges Mynter 995-1992. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. |
Obverse
Bust of king Christian V with long hair, facing right. The sign of the elephant attached at front of the bust. Surrounded by inscription. Beaded ring on the rim.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CHRISTIAN·V·D·G· REX·DAN·NOR·V·G·
Translation: Christian V, by the Grace of God, King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths.
Reverse
Inscription in six lines. Mintmark below, dividing mintmaster's initials. Beaded ring on the edge.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
🟌
HIOB.37.ZZ.
VON MIT=
TERNACHT.
KOMT.GOLD.
KÖNIGSBERG.
AM 1. DEC: 1697
HC ⚒ M
Translation: From midnight 1st december 1697, gold becomes tender in Kongsberg.
Mint
 |
Norwegian Mint (Norske Myntverk), Kongsberg, Norway (1686-date) |
Mark
| HCM | Henning Kryštof Meyer Sr., Mint Master, Norwegian Mint (1687-1718) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1697 | HCM | Unique | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Bullion value: USD 922.33
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Actual gold weight: 0.207 oz
Current gold price: 4460.11 USD/oz (see gold price 
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