Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen 1797 thaler Dav-2354

Künker sale 293, lot 917

This specimen was lot 917 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,483 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"HOHENLOHE, HOHENLOHE-NEUENSTEIN-ÖHRINGEN, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1764 FÜRSTENTUM, Ludwig Friedrich Karl, 1765-1805. Konv.-Taler 1797, Nürnberg. Vorzüglich/vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, principality of Hohenlohe-Neuestein-Ohringen, Louis Frederick Charles, 1765-1805, convnetion thaler of 1797, Nuremberg mint. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This is one of three thalers issued by this insignificant locale in the eighteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce, verging on rare.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Albrecht 182, Dav-2354; KM-65.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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