Schleswig-Holstein (1516-32) sosling
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This specimen was lot 11550 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €480 (about US$500). The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Søsling (Sechsling), ND (1516-32). Schleswig-Holstein. Frederik I. NGC AU-53. Rich colorful toning. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck for the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein before its partition into royal and ducal sections. It is known dated 1516, 1532 and undated, as here. The søsling (sechsling) was 1/42 of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.55 g, silver, this specimen 1.35 g.
Catalog reference: KM-MB24; Sieg-40; Galster-126; Schou-53; Bruun-14758.
- 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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