Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1804-WCH thaler Dav-715
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This specimen was lot 24798 in Heritage sale 3032 (Chicago, April 2014), where it sold for $969.38. The catalog description[1] noted, "Hohenzollern-Hechin. Hermann Friedrich Otto Taler 1804-WCH, XF45 NGC, a seldom seen type with a mintage of 2,000 pieces. Toned with lightly porous surfaces and faint reverse adjustments. Very scarce." The principality of Hohenzollern was located in southwest Germany between Baden and Wurttemberg. The prince managed to avoid the Napoleonic consolidations and survived as a state until it was absorbed by Prussia in 1849. Coin issues are few.
Recorded mintage: 2,000.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, .751 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Dav-715, KM 35.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3032, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
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