Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen 1760-PPW F 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 1306 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$290 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen, Grafschaft, Johann Friedrich (der Jüngere), 1708-1765. 1/4 Konventionstaler 1760, Nürnberg. Münzmeister Johann Martin Förster. Stempelschneider Peter Paul Werner. Vorzüglich. Leicht justiert. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen, John Frederick the Younger, 1708-65, quarter thaler of 1760, Nuremberg mint. Extremely Fine, Minor adjustment marks.)"
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. This is the only quarter thaler struck in this state in the eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 7.01 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 6.99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 41, Albrecht 164.
- 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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