Schleswig-Holstein (15)45 sechsling
This specimen was lot 10057 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €504 (about US$525). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Schleswig-Holstein. Søsling lybsk (Sechsling), 1545. Flensburg Mint. Christian III. NGC VF-35. Variation with retrograde 4 in date. The royal Flensburg Mint operated from 1544 till 1571 when it was turned into a bell foundry. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex. Peter F. Suhm Collection (Copenhagen, 1800/1802) Lot# 1321." At this time, one thaler = 24 groschen = 36 schilling = 72 kreuzer = 252 pfennig. A seschling was six pfennig or 1/42 of a thaler. The king of Denmark was also duke of Schleswig-Holstein and issued this coin 1534, 1545-46 and 1554 for his subjects there. All have two digit dates.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1 g, billon.
Catalog reference: Hede-21A; Sieg-41.1; Schou-17; Bruun-4305.
- 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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