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1/2 Thaler - Justus Hermann
| Issuer | Holstein-Schaumburg-Pinneberg, County of |
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| Year | 1622-1628 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large Imperial double-headed eagle with wings displayed, each head crowned separately and surmounted by a single arch imperial crown above. On the breast of the eagle rests an orb bearing a cross, the symbol of Holy Roman Imperial authority. The eagle is rendered in high relief with fine feather detail typical of early seventeenth-century German hammered coinage. The surrounding Latin legend reads FERDINANDUS II D G ROM IMP SEM AV, identifying the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, contained within a beaded inner border with a milled outer rim. |
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| Mintage | ND (1622) - - 1622 - (1)6ZZ - 1618 (1628) - error 1628 - |
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Holstein-Schaumburg-Pinneberg was among the smallest and most administratively fragile territories of the Holy Roman Empire, and these years — 1622 to 1628 — fall squarely within the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the currency debasement crisis that ravaged German lands in the early phase of the Thirty Years' War. That Justus Hermann was issuing half thalers in full silver during this window is itself notable; most minor counts were frantically clipping and debasing to extract seigniorage profit. The county's output was small enough that surviving pieces in any condition are genuinely scarce.