Schleswig-Holstein (15)66 schilling
This specimen was lot 10151 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Copenhagen, June 2026), where it sold for €129 (about US$149). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Schleswig-Holstein. Schilling, 1566. Flensburg Mint. Friderik II. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. The Royal Flensburg Mint was established in 1544 to replace the Gottorp Mint, which had passed to the king's half-brother. It was in use for only 27 years, and in 1571 it was turned into a bell foundry. From the L.E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1566 and 1571, both with two digit dates. One thaler was 36 schilling. Frederick II was king of Denmark and duke of Schleswig-Holstein 1559-88. Wikipedia comments, "Frederick was, especially in his youth and unlike his father, belligerent and adversarial, aroused by honor and national pride, and so he began his reign auspiciously with a campaign under the aged Johan Rantzau, which reconquered Dithmarschen. However, after miscalculating the cost of the Northern Seven Years' War, he pursued a more prudent foreign policy."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.51 g, silver, this specimen 1.70 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB75, Hede-30A; Sieg-33.1; Schou-2; Bruun-4508.
- 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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