View source for Hesse 1842-HR 5 gulden Fr-1232

[[Image:Hesse-Darmstadt 1842 5 gulden obv Ponterio 168-40123.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 168, lot 40123]]
[[Image:Hesse-Darmstadt 1842 5 gulden rev Ponterio 168-40123.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC]]

This specimen was lot 40123 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $1,265. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Hesse-Darmstadt. 5 Gulden, 1842-CV HR. NGC AU-55. Demarete Collection." This type of 1835 and 1840-42 is scarce to rare. Hesse struck coinage to the unified empire standard after 1871. 
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 22,000 for 1835-42.

''Specification:'' 3.42 g, .904 fine gold, .099 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-1232; KM-301. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012. 

''Link to:''
* [[Hesse-Darmstadt 1840-HR 5 gulden Fr-1232|1840 5 gulden]]
* [[Hesse-Darmstadt 1841 kreuzer|1841 kreuzer]]
* [[Hesse-Darmstadt 1841 6 kreuzer|1841 6 kreuzer]]
* [[Hesse 1842 2 thaler Dav-702|1842 double thaler]]
* [[Hesse 1842-HR 10 gulden Fr-1231|1842 10 gulden]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1842]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Hesse-Darmstadt]]

[[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 168]]