Schaumburg-Pinneberg 1614 thaler Dav-3737
This specimen was lot 5458 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,292 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, HOLSTEIN-SCHAUENBURG, GRAFSCHAFT, Ernst III. 1601-1622. Reichstaler 1614, Altona. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. (county of Holstein-Schauenburg, Ernest III, 1601-22, thaler of 1614, Altona mint. Handsome patina, choice very fine.)"
This type is listed for 1611, 1614-18 and undated. It is on the expensive size. 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. The local dynasty lapsed in 1640. Pinneberg lies between Gluckstadt and Altona on the Elbe river.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.76 g.
Catalog reference: KM 68, Dav-3737; Lange 852 var.; Weinm. 127.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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