Hesse-Homburg 1846 2 gulden Dav-713
This specimen was lot 952 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,842 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN-HOMBURG, LANDGRAFSCHAFT Philipp August Friedrich, 1839-1846. Doppelgulden 1846. R Prachtexemplar. Feine Tönung, fast Stempelglanz. (Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Philip August Frederick, 1839-46, double gulden of 1846. Toned, choice proof.)"
The landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg was split from Hesse-Darmstadt in 1622. It was mediatized by Napoleon but restored by the Vienna Congress then fell to Prussia in 1866 on the extinction of the dynasty. Its issues are sporadic and scarce. Philip Augustus issued no thalers.
Recorded mintage: 11,000.
Specification: 21.21 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: AKS 166; Dav-713; Kahnt 269; Thun 201, KM 18.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
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