Pomerania 1690-ILA witten

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11345

This specimen was lot 11345 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$250). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/192 Taler (Witten), 1690 - ILA. Pommern-Stettin. Karl XI. NGC AU-55. Rare single year type by mintmaster Johann Leonhard Arensburg. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type, the smallest denomination struck in north Germany, was issued 1690 only. One thaler was 192 witten. Sweden partitioned Pomerania with Brandenburg at the peace of Westphalia and ruled her portion until 1815.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver or billon.

Catalog reference: KM-336; Delzanno-968; SB-217; Bruun-12478.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1674 witten (1/192 thaler)
• 1681-BA 1/12 thaler
• 1689-ILA 1/6 thaler
• 1689-ILA ⅔ thaler
• (1690-94)-ILA 1/48 thaler, with Greifswald countermark
• 1691-ILA 1/12 thaler, griffin facing right
• 1692-ILA ⅔ thaler
• 1693-ILA 1/12 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1690