Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst 1696-GFN thaler Dav-6837

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Sincona sale 97, lot 1315
Hohenlohe in 1648, from Droysen's atlas

This specimen was lot 1315 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,500 CHF (about US$2,176 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHLAND Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Grafschaft, Ludwig Gustav, 1656-1697. Taler 1696, Nürnberg. Münzmeister Georg Friedrich Nürnberger. Walzenprägung. Gutes sehr schön. Minimal justiert. Exemplar der Auktion Künker 134, Osnabrück, Januar 2008, Los 461. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Louis Gustav, 1656-97, thaler of 1696, Nuremberg mint. Rotated reverse, Good Very Fine, Minimal 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. Other thalers from this state include Dav-6836 of 1684 and Dav-6838 of 1700. During the Napoleonic mediatization, the county was partitioned between Bavaria and Wurttemberg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver, this specimen 29.11 g.

Catalog reference: KM 31, Albrecht 266, Dav-6837.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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