Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen 1699 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 1302 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$363 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen, Grafschaft, Johann Friedrich I. 1641-1702. 1/4 Taler 1699, Augsburg. Münzmeister Christian Holeisen. Stempelschneider Philipp Heinrich Müller. Gutes sehr schön. Kleines Zainende. Leicht gereinigt. Exemplar der Auktion Meister & Sonntag 2, Stuttgart, September 2004, Los 2132. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen, John Frederick the Elder, 1641-1702, quarter thaler of 1699, Augsburg mint. Good Very Fine, Minor edge clip, Slightly cleaned.)"
This is one of two quarter thalers issued by this insignificant locale, the other being KM 41 of 1760. The SCWC states that this coin was struck from dies using for KM 22. 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 7.2 g, silver, this specimen 7.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 18, Albrecht 129.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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