Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst 1768-SNR 5 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 5281 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €280 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HOHENLOHE-SCHILLINGSFÜRST, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1744 FÜRSTENTUM, Karl Albrecht, 1750-1793. 5 Kreuzer 1768, Nürnberg. Vorzüglich. Mit altem Beschreibungskärtchen. (principality of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, Charles Albert, 1750-93, five kreuzer of 1768, Nuremberg mint. Extremely fine. With old collector's tag.)"
A few billon and silver coins represent the entire eighteenth century coinage of this tiny state, which was promoted from county to principality in 1744 and mediatized in 1806. This type was also struck in 1770. Five kreuzer was 1/24 of a convention thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 2.25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 46, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Albrecht 292.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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