Norwegian Speciedaler 1655 Fredrik III

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Litotes Pillar of the Community Norway 510 Posts	Posted 04/26/2009 05:14 am I thought I would share this with you, pictures of my very best coin. This one is a Taler-sized silver coin and fairly hard to come by. A little dark, but very nice. If anyone feels inspired to suggest a grade it would be interesting to see your opinions. Image: 1_specie_1655_adv.jpg 84.69 KB Image: 1_specie_1655_rev.jpg 85.48 KB Edited by Litotes 04/26/2009 05:15 am Report this Post to the Staff

Zohar444 Pillar of the Community United States 1429 Posts	Posted 04/26/2009 09:30 am Very nice piece. I would grade as VF-30 based on the image. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/26/2009 10:39 am Very nice coin. Zohar444 is our Taler expert, but I think I'm going to grade a little higher and say EF-40. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 04/26/2009 1:18 pm Wow...that's very nice! Can anyone tell me how these were struck? Portions of the obverse look double-struck...interesting! Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 04/26/2009 1:24 pm WOW! These were usually really crudely struck (as well as struck multiple times). Yours looks great. I too would have to go EF on this one. Report this Post to the Staff
Litotes Pillar of the Community Norway 510 Posts	Posted 04/26/2009 2:00 pm Thanks all, I can disclose that the Norwegian auction firm that sold this one declared it 01, a Norwegian grade that is akin to EF. A grade I myself agree with. It is in fact the best I have seen of this particular type, but that is not the whole story. Fredrik III was very vain and had a whole lot of different pictures engraved of himself. For those interested in a complete set of 1 Speciedaler Fredrik III there are XXIII (23!) different types minted in the period 1648-1669 and three of them have a total of eight official subvariations...giving 28 different coins to hunt for. My coin here is type III - one of the easiest, I must admit. Some of them are plain impossible. Report this Post to the Staff
nguyen anh tu New Member Vietnam 26 Posts	Posted 04/27/2009 11:47 am wow . very nice ! thanks Report this Post to the Staff
vanhis New Member China 8 Posts	Posted 04/30/2009 1:13 pm AU50 or better,consider its age Report this Post to the Staff
wcg Valued Member United States 217 Posts	Posted 05/05/2009 10:14 pm I am late to the game on this thread, but I would have to agree with vanhis on the AU-50. Congrats on a wonderful piece! Report this Post to the Staff
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