Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen 1760-PPW 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 335, lot 3952
Sincona sale 97, lot 1305
Hohenlohe in 1648, from Droysen's atlas

The first specimen was lot 3952 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,112 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HOHENLOHE, HOHENLOHE-NEUENSTEIN-ÖHRINGEN, GRAFSCHAFT. Johann Friedrich der Jüngere, 1708-1765. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1760, Nürnberg. Vorzüglich. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen, John Frederick the Younger, 1708-65, half convention thaler of 1760, Nuremberg mint. Extremely fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 1305 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,000 CHF (about US$1,451 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"DEUTSCHLAND Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen, Grafschaft, Johann Friedrich (der Jüngere), 1708-1765. 1/2 Konventionstaler 1760, Nürnberg. Münzmeister Johann Martin Förster. Stempelschneider Peter Paul Werner. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC. Feine Patina. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen, John Frederick the Younger, 1708-65, half thaler of 1760, Nuremberg mint. Rare in this condition, About Mint State, Nicely toned.)"

This insignificant county almost never issued coins but in 1760, the count minted a 20 kreuzer, a quarter thaler, half thaler (shown here), thaler (Dav-2351) and ducat (Fr-1338), of which the half thaler is the least rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, the first specimen 13.96 g, the second specimen 14.00 g.

Catalog reference: KM 42, Albrecht 163.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
  • [2]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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