Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (16)22-ST 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 11198 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €341.60 (about US$394). The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. 1/4 Taler, 1622-ST. Steinbeck Mint. Friedrich III. NGC VF-30. Decent example with some circulation wear, though still well struck. Most of the devices still show great sharpness. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." The dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp were a cadet branch of the house of Oldenburg, which ruled Denmark. They divided the rule of Schleswig-Holstein between them and the history of the duchies is the story of their quarrels and feuds. Friedrich III favored Sweden in an attempt to avoid Danish domination and his daughter Hedwig Eleonora became queen of Sweden. Other daughters married into Mecklenburg-Gustrow, Baden-Durlach, Hesse-Darmstadt and Anhalt-Zerbst. Numista and the SCWC both show this one year type with a two digit date and an "ST" monogram. It is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7.10 g.
Catalog reference: KM-61; Sieg-9; Lange-333b; Bruun-14177.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [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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