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L.E. Bruun Collection Part III  28-30 Oct 2025
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Lot 12038

Starting price: 1500 EUR
Price realized: 9500 EUR
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Very Rare and Historically Important Double Hvid
NORWAY. Double Hvid, ND (1523-24). Oslo Mint. Hans Mule. NGC VF Details - Environmental Damage.
Galster-165; Sieg-3; NMD-1; Schive-XV:24-26; Schou-1; Bruun-9264. Weight: 1.24 gms. Very rare and historically interesting.

This highly debased issue was minted during the Interregnum from 1523 to 1524 by Hans Mule, the headsman of the fortress Akershus. Although Mule also functioned as the bishop of Oslo, he was known as a lecher and a violent tyrant.

From the L. E. Bruun Collection.

Ex: Joh. G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale - 1918); later published by the Danish Numismatic Society as item 130 in his collection.

Estimate: 3000 - 4000
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