The L. E. Bruun Collection is coming to market beginning with Part I on September 14, 2024, after a century-long slumber. Bruun, a native of Denmark, began collecting coins as a boy in the 1850s and collected up to the time of his passing in 1923. He was the preeminent collector of Scandinavian coinage in his day, leaving behind a collection of about 20,000 Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish coins, medals, tokens and banknotes, in addition to a world-class numismatic library.

A unique provision in his will set aside his collection as a reserve for the Royal Danish Coin and Medal Collection for a period of 100 years. If the Royal Collection was somehow lost or destroyed, the Bruun Collection would become a gift to the Danish state. If the Royal Collection survived the century intact, then his collection would be auctioned off to the benefit of his direct descendants. The 100-year waiting period came to an end on November 21, 2023, and with the Royal Collection intact, Bruun's vast collections became destined for the auction block.

The inaugural auction features nearly 300 gold and silver rarities spanning a period of over four centuries, from the 1496 gold noble of King Hans, the first gold coin issued by a Danish king, to coins that would have circulated in Bruun's own lifetime. Select highlights from Part I of the collection are featured below, while a preview of the complete auction can be viewed by clicking here.

To view all the lots in this auction, see:
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/auctions/3-1AKQTC/auction-preview-the-l-e-bruun-collection-a-corpus-of-scandinavian-numismatics-part-i

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
The Bruun Collection of World Coins(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n12a21.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
The Bruun Collection Gets Coverage(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n20a22.html)