Hohenlohe-Kirchberg 1738-N thaler Dav-2358

Heritage sale 3035, lot 30681

This specimen was lot 30681 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $1,410. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Hohenlohe-Kirchberg. Karl August Taler 1738-W//N VF35 NGC, Nurnberg mint. A very attractive example from this scarcer principality with warm cabinet patination. The wear on the coin is even and mostly concentrated on the high points. A very pleasing type, aptly graded and with considerable eye appeal." A few thalers and half thalers represent the entire eighteenth century coinage of this tiny state, which was promoted from county to principality in 1764 and mediatized in 1806.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2358; KM-6.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, and Warren Tucker, Heritage Signature Auction 3035, World and Ancient Coins, featuring the FoxLair Collection and the Law Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

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