Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1697-GFN ducat Fr-1336
This specimen was lot 1934 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HOHENLOHE, HOHENLOHE-NEUENSTEIN, GRAFSCHAFT, Wolfgang Julius, 1641-1698. Dukat 1697, Nürnberg. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, Wolfgang Julius, 1641-98, ducat of 1697, Nuremberg mint. Extremely fine.)"
The county of Hohenlohe, small to begin with, further fragmented in the seventeenth century to form Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen. During the Napoleonic mediatization, the county was partitioned between Bavaria and Wurttemberg. Wolfgang Julius ruled in both Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen, so this ducat is catalogued as a joint issue.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 32, Albrecht 138; Fr-1336.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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