Schaumburg-Pinneberg (1)609-IG 1/16 thaler
This specimen was lot 11238 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €69 (about US$80). The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Schleswig-Holstein-Schaumburg-Pinneberg. 1/16 Taler, 1609. Altona Mint. Ernst III. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." Schaumburg proper is adjacent to Lippe in lower Saxony. The county of Schaumburg-Pinneberg is on the north bank of the Elbe, between Hamburg and Glückstadt. Erected in the fourteenth century, the line fell extinct in 1640 and the county was annexed by the king of Denmark as duke of Holstein. This 1/16 thaler is listed in the SCWC for 1608-11, with abbreviated (two or three digit) dates.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.6 g, billon, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 2.84 g.
Catalog reference: KM-47; Weinmeister-200; Bruun-14854.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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