Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1844 2 thaler Dav-719

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 659

This specimen was lot 659 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $1,645. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. 2 Taler, 1844. NGC MS-62. Finest certified example. Dark toning with reflective underlying luster. Sharply struck and very attractive. From the Rockaway Collection." This type of 1844-47 is among the final issues of this principality. The prince abdicated in favor of Prussia in 1849. As the thaler shrank from the convention thaler (28.06 g) to the vereinsthaler (18.52 g), the double thaler came back into fashion for commemoratives.

Recorded mintage: 3,300.

Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-719; KM-23.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Links to:

• 1843 double thaler
• Baden 1844 double thaler, Karl Friedrich statue
• Bavaria 1844 double thaler, Feldherrnhalle
• Frankfurt 1844 double thaler, city view
• Hesse-Darmstadt 1844 double thaler
• Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1844 double thaler
• Reuss-Obergreiz 1844-A double thaler
• 1846 half gulden
• Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1848-D 2 gulden Dav-720
• return to coinage of German States, Hohenzollern
• Coins and currency dated 1844