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| − | This specimen was lot 11299 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Sweden|SWEDEN]]. 1/24 Taler (Doppeltschilling), 1656. Pommern-Stettin. Karl X Gustav. NGC VF 30. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1656-60. We assume the monogram "DS" on the reverse means "Doppel Schilling". On the lapse of the native dynasty in 1637, the duchy of Pomerania was contested between Sweden and Brandenburg until they agreed to partition it by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. As Sweden gradually weakened, Brandenburg (later Prussia) gradually nibbled away at the Swedish portion until the remainder was seized in 1815. | + | This specimen was lot 11299 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Sweden|SWEDEN]]. 1/24 Taler (Doppeltschilling), 1656. Pommern-Stettin. Karl X Gustav. NGC VF 30. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1656-60. We assume the monogram "DS" on the reverse means "Doppel Schilling". On the lapse of the native dynasty in 1637, the [[German States, Pomerania|duchy of Pomerania]] was contested between Sweden and Brandenburg until they agreed to partition it by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. As Sweden gradually weakened, Brandenburg (later Prussia) gradually nibbled away at the Swedish portion until the remainder was seized in 1815. |
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* [[Pomerania-Stettin 1654 2 thaler Dav-LS372A|1654 double thaler, burial of the duke]] | * [[Pomerania-Stettin 1654 2 thaler Dav-LS372A|1654 double thaler, burial of the duke]] | ||
* [[Pomerania 1655 thaler Dav-4577|1655 thaler, Karl X Gustaf]] | * [[Pomerania 1655 thaler Dav-4577|1655 thaler, Karl X Gustaf]] | ||
| + | * [[Stralsund 1658-CS 1/16 thaler]] = düttchen | ||
* [[Pomerania 1658 2 ducats Fr-2109|1658 double ducat]] | * [[Pomerania 1658 2 ducats Fr-2109|1658 double ducat]] | ||
| − | * [[Coins and currency dated | + | * [[Pomerania 1660 2 schilling|1660 ''doppel-schilling'' (1/24 thaler)]] |
| + | * [[Coins and currency dated 1656]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:01, 13 February 2026
This specimen was lot 11299 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/24 Taler (Doppeltschilling), 1656. Pommern-Stettin. Karl X Gustav. NGC VF 30. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1656-60. We assume the monogram "DS" on the reverse means "Doppel Schilling". On the lapse of the native dynasty in 1637, the duchy of Pomerania was contested between Sweden and Brandenburg until they agreed to partition it by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. As Sweden gradually weakened, Brandenburg (later Prussia) gradually nibbled away at the Swedish portion until the remainder was seized in 1815.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.25 g, billon, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 0.93 g.
Catalog reference: KM-224; Delzanno-118; SB-39; Bruun-12098.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [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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- 1654 1/8 thaler or half ort, queen Christina
- 1654 half thaler, burial of the duke
- 1654 thaler, burial of the duke
- 1654 double thaler, burial of the duke
- 1655 thaler, Karl X Gustaf
- Stralsund 1658-CS 1/16 thaler = düttchen
- 1658 double ducat
- 1660 doppel-schilling (1/24 thaler)
- Coins and currency dated 1656