C301 - Known Coins


The Copenhagen Mint restarted the mintage of copper 1 skilling coins during the summer of 1779 and reported a total mintage of 240.000 coins by the end of July. We believe the 1779-dated dies were used to produce some of these early coins. As the other 1779-dated die (C302) shares its obverse with two 1771-dated coins, we have assumed that C301 was the first die to be used in the mintage of copper 1 skilling coins this year.

There are 14 known C301/CO301 coins, and we list them all below. Only 2 out of 14 coins were struck with an undamaged reverse die. It looks like the Mint was surprised how fast this first die deteriorated as it was not taken out of production until more than 80% of the coins were minted with a degenerated die. (We assume here that our 14 coins sample is representative.)


Coin #1

(The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals in Copenhagen)
Featured in "Christian den VII's Mønter 1766 - 1808/1812" (Frank Pedersen, 2017)


C301 - Coin #1


CO301 - Coin #1


Coin #2

(Private Collection, Last observation: BR Auction 878, 8th May 2018, lot 236, realized price of DKK 57.600,-)
Featured in SIEG's coin catalogue 1998-2009 and "Die Varieties of 1771 1 Skilling Coins - Kongsberg Mint" (Bjørn Christian Wang, 2018)


C301 - Coin #2


CO301 - Coin #2


Coin #3

(Private Collection, Last observation: BR Auction 820, 13th May 2011, lot 5127, realized price of DKK 13.200,-)
Featured in SIEG's coin catalogue 1983


C301 - Coin #3


CO301 - Coin #3


Coin #4

(Private Collection, Last observation: Skanfil auction, 30th October 2014, lot 1353111, realized price of DKK 3.480,-)


C301 - Coin #4


CO301 - Coin #4


Coin #5

(Private Collection, Last observation: Holger Hede Auction I, 24th September 1988, lot 398)
Featured in "1 Skilling 1771" (Frank Pedersen, 1991)


C301 - Coin #5


CO301 - Coin #5


Coin #6

(The University Museum of Bergen)


C301 - Coin #6

BMM3727 - Foto © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen


CO301 - Coin #6

BMM3727 - Foto © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen


Coin #7

(Private Collection, Last observation: BR Auction 871, 9th May 2017, lot 221, realized price of DKK 19.200,-)


C301 - Coin #7


CO301 - Coin #7


Coin #8

(Private Collection, Last observation: BR Auction 864, 10th May 2016, lot 261, realized price of DKK 31.200,-)
Featured in SIEG's coin catalogue 2017-2018


C301 - Coin #8


CO301 - Coin #8


Coin #9

(Private Collection, Last observation: Oslo Mynthandel auction, 20th October 1986, lot with 15 coins)


C301 - Coin #9


CO301 - Coin #9


Coin #10

(Private Collection, Last observation: BR Auction 2341 (Frank Pedersen’s collection of 1 skilling 1771), 15th October 2023, lot 5026, realized price of DKK 19.200,-)
Featured in Peter Poulsen's site: http://www.steppeulvene.com/index.1771_skilling.html


C301 - Coin #10


CO301 - Coin #10


Coin #11

(Private Collection, Last observation: BR Auction 868, 8th November 2016, lot 338, realized price of DKK 26.400,-)
Featured in SIEG's coin catalogue 2010-2016 and in danskmoent.dk


C301 - Coin #11


CO301 - Coin #11


Coin #12

(Private Collection, Last observation: BR Auction 6th January 2019, lot 5087, realized price of DKK 1.620,-)


C301 - Coin #12


CO301 - Coin #12


Coin #13

(Private Collection, Last observation: BR Auction 8th January 2023, lot 5095, realized price of DKK 13.800,-)


C301 - Coin #13


CO301 - Coin #13


Coin #14

(Private Collection)


C301 - Coin #14


CO301 - Coin #14