View source for Nostitz-Rieneck 1719 1/2 thaler

[[Image:S80-03219.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 80, lot 3214]]
[[Image:Hanau 1789.JPG|500px|thumb|Reineck in 1789, east of Hanau]]

This specimen was lot 3214 in Sincona sale 80 (Zürich, October 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA | Nostitz-Rieneck, Grafen, Anton Johann, 1683-1736. 1/2 Taler 1719, Nürnberg. Mit der Signatur GFN (Georg Friedrich Nürnberger, Münzmeister in Nürnberg, 1677-1716). Sehr selten. Sehr schön. Henkelspur und Sammlerpunze im Rand.'' ([[Austria]], county of Nostitz-Rieneck, Anton John, 1683-1736, half thaler of 1719, Nuremburg mint, signed GFN. Very rare, Very fine, Mount mark and private punch mark on edge.)"</blockquote> The counts of Nostitz-Reineck were not territorial lords but received the mint right from the emperor for services rendered. Reineck, their seat, was purchased from the [[German States, Mainz|archbishop of Mainz]] but most of the counts' career would have been spent at Vienna or with the emperor. The SCWC also notes a [[Nostitz-Rieneck 1719-GFN thaler Dav-1191|thaler]] and a ducat.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 14.36 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 5, Holzmaier 62. Pavlicek/Schön 3. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 80, World Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, World Banknotes, Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Nostitz-Rieneck 1719-GFN thaler Dav-1191|1719 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1719]]

[[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 78, 79, 80, 81]]