Schaumburg-Pinneberg (1601-22) 2 thaler Dav-LS479
This specimen was lot 4591 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SCHAUENBURG, GRAFSCHAFT Ernst III., 1601-1622. Doppelter Reichstaler o. J., Altona. RR Winz. Randfehler, Felder leicht geglättet, sehr schön. (county of Schleswig-Holstein-Schauenburg, Ernest III, 1601-22, undated double thaler, Altona mint. Very rare, edge defects, fields smoothed, very fine.)"
The dynastic affairs of this duchy are complicated even by German standards as the dukes were related to the king of Denmark and even the czar of Russia. This double thaler is one of a series (Dav-LS458 thru -LS481) issued in the early seventeenth century before the local dynasty lapsed in 1640. Pinneberg lies between Glückstadt and Altona on the Elbe river.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 57,37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 40 (listed under Schaumburg-Pinneberg), Dav-LS479; Lange 836 b; Weinm. 98.
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- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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