Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein 1623 thaler Dav-6825
This specimen was lot 1204 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$271 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, HOHENLOHE-NEUENSTEIN, Craft (1610-1641), AR Taler, 1623. Au titre de Ferdinand II. D/ Cavalier à g., brandissant son épée, au-dessus d'un écu couronné. R/ Aigle impériale couronnée. Rare Traces de monture. Beau à Très Beau. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, Craft, 1610-41, silver thaler of 1623, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Obverse: mounted knight charges left, brandishing a sword, crowned arms below; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Rare, mount mark, Fine - Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1623-25 and is rare. Altho damaged, the purchaser of this lot obtained a bargain. The county of Hohenlohe, small to begin with, further fragmented in the seventeenth century to form Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen. During the Napoleonic mediatization, the county was partitioned between Bavaria and Wurttemberg.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 27,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 19.1, Albrecht, Hohenlohe, 107; Dav-6825.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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