Hesse-Homburg 1859 thaler Dav-714

Ponterio sale 169, lot 10317

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 10317 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $282. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hesse-Homburg. Taler, 1859. NGC AU-50." The landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg was split from Hesse-Darmstadt in 1622. It was mediatized by Napoleon but restored by the Vienna Congress but fell to Prussia in 1866 on the extinction of the dynasty. Its issues are sporadic and scarce.

Recorded mintage: 6,579.

Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-714; KM-20.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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