BREMEN & VERDEN: Friedrich III, Archbishop, 1634-1646, 3 skilling lybsk, 1643, KM-22, under Danish rule, EF, R. The Danish Prince-Archbishop Frederick II had to resign as Administrator in both Bremen and Verden after the Second Peace of Brömsebro on August 13, 1645. He then succeeded his late father on the Danish throne as Frederick III of Denmark in 1648. The political entities of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen and the Prince-Bishopric of Verden were transformed by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 into the Duchy of Bremen and the Principality of Verden. The denomination is also known as a 1/16 reichsdaler (reichsthaler), dreigröscher, or düttchen.
Estimate: USD 125 - 175