Old Danish Coin found in STThomas over thirty years ago.

[karib2517]

some dredging was being done in the harbor,and tons of these coins were laying on the sand.the locals were grabbing by the hand full.my father in law still has a good bit of them,St thomas was once owned by the Danes,these coins were sent to the island to be used,well the ship sank in the harbor.the date looks like 1730-50 copper. don't know if they are worth anything

 

[TheDane]

Hi Karib !

That´s a very interesting find and story too, I´ve never heard of that !!

The coin should be situated like this:

I´ve given it negative colors to see the inscription more clarly.

It seems to be a quite special coin from the danish posession in todays Germany, at that time it was danish and the town / area was called GLÜCKSTADT.

The coin is minted under the danish king Frederik the 4th, who was king from 1699-1730

The coin is a 2 Skilling danske (danish) Glückstadt. I´m quite sure the date is 1715.

The material actually is SILVER, but of low value.

The C W are the initials of the Mint Master Christopher Woltereck

The other side would show the Monogram of Frederik the 4th and the text would say: D. G. REX. DAN & NOR

Please do show us the other side to be absolutely sure.

Thanks for showing us a VERY interesting find with an interesting story to it !!

Friendly regards
agersea from Denmark

 

[karib2517]

Agersea do you know what they are worth?,The Danish coins.

 

[TheDane]

Re: Agersea do you know what they are worth?,The Danish coins.

Why , karib2517 ?

 

[karib2517]

oh just want to know what they are worth.

 

[TheDane]

oh just want to know what they are worth.

Hmmm....

...I answered your PM !!

 

[TheDane]

Next time I wont spend so much time finding the coin and the story behind it, sorry !!!

Didn´t understand from your posting that you were only interested in the value.

Between $5 - 20, if very, very fine maybe a bit more !!

 

[lucky1777]

I enjoyed the information agersea, thanks...

 

[karib2517]

thanks for the imfo on the coin was greatly appreciated,i just got a little excited about the value you know how that is.

 

[TheDane]

thanks for the imfo on the coin was greatly appreciated,i just got a little excited about the value you know how that is.