Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1)601 1/24 thaler KM-8
This specimen was lot 959 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP: Johann Adolf, 1590-1616, AR 1/24 thaler (1)601. IOH.ADOL.D.G.DVX.SCHLES.* // MONE.NOVA.SCLE.(two ornaments), F-VF, ex H. G. Oldenburg Auction, March 1994, Lot 1507 (with old ticket)." This denomination was struck in two styles; this one, struck 1601-03 with the legend "MONE·NOVA·SCLE·", and KM 7, mentioning emperor Rudolf II, struck 1600-03. We don't know why the engravers omitted the first digit of the date. John Adolf was also bishop of Lübeck 1586-1607 and archbishop of Bremen 1589-96. He was forced to resign the archbishopric on succeeding to the duchy. 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 second specimen was lot 11472 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description[2] noted, "GERMANY. 1/24 Taler, (1)601. Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. Johann Adolf. NGC AU-55. From the L. E. Bruun Collection."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.05 g, silver, 20.8 mm diameter. The second specimen 1.75 g.
Catalog reference: KM-8var, Lange-300var. The second specimen KM-8; Sieg-4.8; Bruun-14062.
- 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.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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