Schleswig-Holstein (15)36 2 schilling
This specimen was lot 11553 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €456 (about US$475). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Skilling (Doppelschilling), 1536. Copenhagen or Roskilde Mint. Christian III. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Johan G. Guildal Collection (Private Sale-1918)." This type was struck for the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein 1534-37 before its partition into royal and ducal sections. Some issues have two digit dates and others have four digit dates. Note the shamrock mintmark on this date. The doppel-schilling was 1/18 of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 3.82 g, silver, this specimen 3.64 g.
Catalog reference: KM-MB36; Galster-132; Sieg-21; Schou-8; Bruun-14772.
- 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, 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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