More than 500 coins from Denmark and elsewhere in northern Europe that are certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) and are pedigreed to the L. E. Bruun Collection are being offered in a pair of upcoming auction sessions presented by Stack’s Bowers Galleries. Online bidding is already underway for L. E. Bruun Collection — A Corpus of Scandinavian Numismatics Part III: Session 1, which ends on October 29, 2025, and Session 2, which ends on October 30.
Norway 1652 FG 3 Speciedaler graded NGC AU Details
A top lot in the auction is a Norway 1652 FG 3 Speciedaler graded NGC AU Details (Session 2, lot 12070), with an estimate of €120,000 to €160,000 (about $139,000 to $186,000). Showing Frederik III, who ruled Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670, this coin is the only one of its kind known to exist, according to the auction house.
Meanwhile, a Denmark 1612 Rose Noble graded NGC MS 62 (Session 1, lot 11186) has an estimate of €90,000 to €130,000 (about $104,000 to $151,000). Inspired by the English Rose Nobles, this coin depicts King Christian IV, whose rule of just shy of 60 years is the longest in Scandinavian history.
Denmark 1612 Rose Noble graded NGC MS 62
A Danish entrepreneur who made his fortune in butter and real estate, Lars Emil Bruun amassed a collection of thousands of numismatic pieces from Denmark and other Scandinavian countries. NGC, which was selected to certify the collection, encapsulated the coins with a special certification label that highlights this renowned pedigree. In September 2024, the first in a series of auctions of the collection was held, led by a Denmark 1496 Noble graded NGC AU 55 that realized €1.2 million (about $1.33 million), a record for any coin from Scandinavia.
Additionally, NGC has created a sortable and searchable gallery of high-resolution images for the more than 4,100 coins, tokens and medals that have been offered from the collection so far. When the L. E. Bruun Collection auctions are complete, the NGC image gallery will easily exceed what is currently the largest, the one for the Eric P. Newman Collection, which has 7,712 items. NGC’s image galleries can be accessed at NGCcoin.com/gallery.
Other NGC-certified coins in this auction include:
a Denmark 1663 4 Ducats graded NGC MS 62 (Session 1, lot 11225), with an estimate of €80,000 to €100,000 (about $93,000 to $116,000)
a Denmark 1593 5 Ducats graded NGC AU Details (Session 1, lot 11174), with an estimate of €60,000 to €80,000 (about $70,000 to $93,000)
a Denmark 1653 5 Ducats graded NGC MS 61 (Session 1, lot 11215), with an estimate of €40,000 to €60,000 (about $46,000 to $70,000)
a Denmark 1527 Gold Gulden graded NGC AU Details (Session 1, lot 11157), with an estimate of €40,000 to €50,000 (about $46,000 to $58,000)
a Norway 1545 Gimsoy Mark graded NGC XF 40 (Session 2, lot 12044), with an estimate of €30,000 to €40,000 (about $35,000 to $46,000)
a Norway 1658 FG 2 Speciedaler graded NGC AU Details (Session 2, lot 12079), with an estimate of €30,000 to €40,000 (about $35,000 to $46,000)
a Norway 1666 Half Speciedaler graded NGC UNC Details (Session 2, lot 12088), with an estimate of €30,000 to €40,000 (about $35,000 to $46,000)
a Norway undated Ducat graded NGC AU Details (lot 12121), with an estimate of €30,000 to €40,000 (about $35,000 to $46,000)
a Norway 1637 2 Ducat graded NGC MS 61 (Session 1, lot 11238), with an estimate of €30,000 to €40,000 (about $35,000 to $46,000)
a Sweden 1607 16 Mark graded NGC UNC Details (Session 2, lot 12155), with an estimate of €20,000 to €25,000 (about $23,000 to $29,000)
a Sweden 1667 2 Ducat graded NGC MS 61 (Session 2, lot 12175), with an estimate of €20,000 to €30,000 (about $23,000 to $35,000)
a Germany undated Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 2.5 Taler graded NGC AU 55 (Session 2, lot 12204), with an estimate of €10,000 to €15,000 (about $12,000 to $18,000)
Estimates are provided by the auction house.
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