Hohenlohe-Kirchberg 1781-G WKS 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 293, lot 920

This specimen was lot 920 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,617 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HOHENLOHE, HOHENLOHE-KIRCHBERG, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1764 FÜRSTENTUM, Christian Friedrich Karl, 1767-1806. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1781, Schwabach. Kabinettstück. Prachtvolle Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, principality of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, Christian Frederick Charles, 1767-1806, half convention thaler of 1781, Schwabach mint. Cabinet piece, gorgeous patina, about uncirculated.)"

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 few.

Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Albrecht 214; KM-10.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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