Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst 1768-SNR kreuzer

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Künker sale 293, lot 921

This specimen was lot 921 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €130 (about US$175 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HOHENLOHE, HOHENLOHE-SCHILLINGSFÜRST, GRAFSCHAFT, Karl Albrecht, 1750-1793. Kreuzer 1768, Nürnberg. Stempelglanz Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. Erworben im März 1993 bei der Firma Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück. (Germany, county of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst, Charles Albrecht, 1750-93, one kreuzer of 1768, Nuremberg mint. Uncirculated example from the Bernhard Terletzki collection.)"

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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: Albrecht 293, KM-45.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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