View source for Hesse-Homburg 1844 1/2 gulden

[[Image:K354-5799.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 5799]]

This specimen was lot 5799 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €650 (about US$905 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HESSEN-HOMBURG, LANDGRAFSCHAFT. Philipp August Friedrich, 1839-1846. 1/2 Gulden 1844. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], landgraviate of [[German States, Hesse-Homburg|Hesse-Homburg]], Philip Augustus Frederick, 1839-46, half gulden of 1844. Scarce in this quality, choice example, about uncirculated.)"</blockquote> The landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg was split from Hesse-Darmstadt in 1622. It was mediatized by Napoleon but restored by the Vienna Congress then fell to Prussia in 1866 on the extinction of the dynasty. Its issues are sporadic and scarce; this type was struck 1840-46. Philip Augustus issued no thalers.

''Recorded mintage:'' 18,000 for 1844-45.

''Specification:'' 5.30 g, 0.900 fine silver, this specimen 5.30 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 16, AKS 168; J. 6. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg.'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 

''Link to:''
* [[Hesse-Homburg 1838 gulden|1838 gulden]]
* [[Wurttemberg 1844 1/2 gulden]]
* [[Hesse-Homburg 1846 2 gulden Dav-713|1846 double gulden]]
* [[Hesse-Homburg 1859 thaler Dav-714|1859 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1844]]

[[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]]