8 Skilling - Frederik III Type I: date on obverse; large monogram

Features

Issuer	Norway
King	Frederick III (Frederik III) (1648-1670)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1649-1661
Value	8 Skilling (1⁄12)
Currency	Speciedaler (1523-1746)
Composition	Silver (.672)
Weight	2.78 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 99196
References	Hede# 69A, 69B, etc. Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 186, 187, etc. Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 191, 192, etc. Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway. , KM# 31 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Rønning# 65, 65a-e Bjørn R. Rønning; 1971. Norges mynter 1628-1873. Universitetsforlaget.

Obverse

Crowned monogram of King Frederik III, in a solid ring. Surrounded by a beaded circle and the inscription. Beaded ring on the rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ·VIII·SKILLING·DANSK·1661·

Translation: 8 Danish skilling.

Reverse

Crowned Norwegian lion holding an axe and facing left, in a solid ring. Surrounded by a beaded circle and the inscription. Beaded ring on the rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DOMINVS🞲·🞲PROVIDEBIT·

Translation: The Lord will be my provider.

Edge

Plain.

Mint

Christiania, Oslo, Norway (1628-1695)

Marks

	Peter Grüner Sr., Mint master, Christiania (1643-1650)
	Frederik Grüner Sr., Mint master, Christiania (1651-1674)
	Frederik Grüner Sr., Mint master, Christiania (1651-1674)

Comments

Hede 69A - with flower mintmark
Hede 69B - with mint stamp mintmark
Hede 69D - with clover mintmark - Legend in reverse starts from upper right
Hede 69E - with clover mintmark - Legend in reverse starts from lower left
Hede 69F - without mintmark

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Date	References
Undetermined
1649	Hede# 69A Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 186 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 191 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1650	Hede# 69A Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 187 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 192 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1651	Hede# 69A Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 188A Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 193A Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1651	Hede# 69B Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 188B Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 193B Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1652	Hede# 69B Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 189 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 194 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1653	Hede# 69B Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 190 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 195 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1654	Hede# 69B Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 191 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 196 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1655	Hede# 69B Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 192 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 197 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1656	Hede# 69B Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 193 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 198 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1657	Hede# 69B Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 194 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 199 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1658	Hede# 69B Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 195 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 200 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1660	Hede# 69D Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 197B Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 202B Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.	3 known
1661	Hede# 69F Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 199 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 204 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.	1 flower above lion on reverse
1661	Hede# 69F Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 199 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 204 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.	2 flowers above lion on reverse
1661	Hede# 69F Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 199 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 204 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.	Without flowers above lion on reverse
1661	Hede# 69D Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 198A Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 203A Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.
1661	Hede# 69E Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Brekke# 198B Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 203B Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.

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Actual silver weight: 0.060 oz

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of 8 Skilling - Frederik III (Type I: date on obverse; large monogram)

Picture 2 of the example of 8 Skilling - Frederik III (Type I: date on obverse; large monogram)

Peter Grüner Sr., Mint master, Christiania (1643-1650)

– Hede# 69A, Brekke# 188A, Thesen# 193A (see more)

Frederik Grüner Sr., Mint master, Christiania (1651-1674)

– Hede# 69B, Brekke# 194, Thesen# 199 (see more)

– Hede# 69D, Brekke# 198A, Thesen# 203A (see more)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 26 Lot 89	27 Nov 2021	1649 – Hede# 69A, Brekke# 186, Thesen# 191	XF	USD 1931.26 (NOK 18 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Oslo Myntgalleri
	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 38 Lot 69	4 May 2024	1649 – Hede# 69A, Brekke# 186, Thesen# 191	F	USD 858.34 (NOK 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Oslo Myntgalleri
	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 30 Lot 563	7 May 2022	1650 – Hede# 69A, Brekke# 187, Thesen# 192	VF	USD 4077.11 (NOK 38 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Oslo Myntgalleri
	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 24 Lot 84	8 May 2021	1651 – Hede# 69B, Brekke# 188B, Thesen# 193B	VF	USD 2038.56 (NOK 19 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Oslo Myntgalleri
	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 38 Lot 70	4 May 2024	1652 – Hede# 69B, Brekke# 189, Thesen# 194	VF	USD 1823.97 (NOK 17 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 22 Lot 689	28 Nov 2020	1653 – Hede# 69B, Brekke# 190, Thesen# 195	F	USD 2789.60 (NOK 26 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Oslo Myntgalleri Auctions 7-8 Lot 1083	28 Nov 2015	1654 – Hede# 69B, Brekke# 191, Thesen# 196	F	USD 1555.74 (NOK 14 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 26 Lot 90	27 Nov 2021	1655 – Hede# 69B, Brekke# 192, Thesen# 197	F	USD 1931.26 (NOK 18 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Oslo Myntgalleri
	Oslo Myntgalleri Auction 22 Lot 690	28 Nov 2020	1656 – Hede# 69B, Brekke# 193, Thesen# 198	F	USD 1394.80 (NOK 13 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Stacks Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice (World) Online Auction Lot 11043	21 Feb 2025	1658 – Hede# 69B, Brekke# 195, Thesen# 200	VF (NGC VF-30)	USD 2368.45 (EUR 2040.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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