Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 1612 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 4375 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,141 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP, HERZOGTUM, Johann Adolf, 1590-1616. 1/2 Reichstaler 1612 (?, die letzten beiden Ziffern der Jahreszahl sind undeutlich), Schleswig. Von großer Seltenheit. Schrötlingsfehler im Randbereich, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, John Adolf, 1590-1616, half thaler of 1612 (last two digits of the date are illegible), Schleswig mint. Very rare, planchet defects on the rim, very fine.)"
This rare type was struck 1609, 1611-12 and accompanied a thaler (Dav-3688). 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. Most coin issues are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 25, Lange -.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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