1/2 Thaler - Justus Hermann

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.