Hohenlohe-Kirchberg 1786-G S 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 1296 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 325 CHF (about US$472 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, Grafschaft, Christian Friedrich Karl. 1767-1806. 1/2 Konventionstaler 1786, Schwabach. Stempelschneider Johann Samuel Gözinger. Gutes sehr schön. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, Christian Frederick Charles, 1767-1806, half thaler of 1786, Schwabach mint. Good Very Fine.)"
The county of Hohenlohe, small to begin with, further fragmented in the seventeenth century to form Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen. During the Napoleonic mediatization, the county was partitioned between Bavaria and Wurttemberg. The SCWC notes other half thalers from this state, including KM 10 (1781) and KM 15 (1806). This issue also comes with initials WS.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 13.79 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, Albrecht 215.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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