Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen 1699 ducat Fr-1335

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Ponterio sale 182, lot 650
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Hohenlohe in 1648

This specimen was lot 650 in Ponterio sale 182 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $3,290. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen. Ducat, 1699. NGC AU-55. Johann Friedrich I (1676-1702)." This is the only ducat noted for this insignificant locality in the seventeenth century. As one might surmise, it is rare. The dies were also used to strike quarter thalers (KM 18).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 22, Fr-1335.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 182: The January 2014 NYINC Auction: World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stacks Bowers LLC.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

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