The March 2026 L. E. Bruun Collection Part IV to be Held in New York City
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce that Part IV of the famous L. E. Bruun Collection will be sold in New York, March 24-25, 2026, at the Kosciuszko Foundation on East 65th Street.
To date, the almost 5,000 lots sold from this unprecedented collection via live and internet auctions have realized over €32 million (including the buyers’ premium).
The March 2026 auction will be focused on Top Pop and high graded coins from all eras of Scandinavian numismatics, from the earliest Viking age Pennies to the decimal coinage of the 20th century. Director of Stack’s Bowers Galleries Copenhagen Michael Fornitz notes: “Many of the coins were obtained directly from the Royal Mints of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, or were even sourced from royal collections; they are unrivalled in beauty and conservation.”
The March 2026 sale will also feature coins from the Danish West Indies and the former trading post of Tranquebar on the Indian East Coast. The Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix, were sold to the United States in 1917 and the coinage has always attracted a broad, international following.
“L. E. Bruun had an unsurpassed collection of coins from the former Danish colonies, and we are delighted to introduce this fantastic selection to the bidders in New York,” continued Fornitz.
Lars Emil Bruun was an avid collector of silver Pennies from the Danish kings of England of the 11th century, Cnut, Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut. Bruun’s collection comprised more than 1,200 coins, all different and the finest he could buy at the time. An exclusive selection of high graded Pennies has been chosen for this sale.
Highlights of the L. E. Bruun Collection Part IV include:
GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND (1016-23). London Mint. Cnut. NGC MS-65.
DENMARK. 1/2 Portugaloser (5 Ducats), 1653-HK. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-62.
DENMARK. Piaster, 1771 (struck in 1774). Copenhagen Mint. Christian VII. NGC MS-62.
DENMARK. Tranquebar (Danish India). Pagode, ND (1789). Tranquebar Mint. Christian VII. NGC MS-63.
DENMARK. Frederik d’or, 1827. Altona Mint. Frederik VI. NGC MS-65.
DENMARK. Danish West Indies. 20 Skilling, 1847. Copenhagen Mint. Christian VIII. NGC MS-69.
DENMARK. Danish West Indies. 50 Francs / 10 Daler, 1904. Copenhagen Mint. Christian IX. NGC MS-68.
NORWAY. 3 Speciedaler, 1664. Christiania Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU Details.
NORWAY. 3 Speciedaler, 1678. Christiania Mint. Christian V. NGC AU Details.
SWEDEN. Penny, ND (995-1022). Sigtuna Mint. Olof Skötkonung. NGC MS-61.
In conjunction with the L. E. Bruun Collection Part IV sale in New York, Stack’s Bowers Galleries will be presenting a specially curated offering of world coins entitled The Manhattan Sale on March 26, 2026. Consignments to this auction, which already contains coins sourced from the finest collections, are being accepted through January 21, 2026. For more information visit StacksBowers.com, call 800-458-4646 or email Consign@StacksBowers.com.
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Stack's Bowers Galleries conducts live, Internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company's 80-year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Joel R. Anderson Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few. World coin and currency collections include The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, The Guia Collection, The Thos. H. Law Collection, and The Robert O. Ebert Collection.
Topping off this amazing numismatic history is the inclusion of the world record for the highest price ever realized at auction for a rare coin, the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar graded Specimen-66 (PCGS) that realized over $10 million, part of their sale of the famed Cardinal Collection. The company is headquartered in Santa Ana, California, with offices in New York, Wolfeboro, Hong Kong, and Paris. Stack's Bowers Galleries is an Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic conventions, including American Numismatic Association events, the New York International Numismatic Convention, the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring, Summer and Winter Expos, and its April and August Hong Kong Auctions.
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