Austria 1806-D ducat Fr-890
This specimen was lot 3258 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,843 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Franz II. (I.), 1792-1804-1835. Dukat 1806, D, Salzburg, mit Titel von Franz II. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. (principality of Salzburg, Francis I, 1804-35, ducat of 1806, Salzburg mint, with title of Francis II. Rare, extremely fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and annexed to Austria 1806-09. This ducat was struck for the emperor of Austria 1804-06 at four mints (A (Vienna), B (Kremnitz), C (Prague) and D (Salzburg, shown here)). He lost Salzburg to Bavaria in 1809 but got it back in 1814.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,52 g.
Catalog reference: KM 2167, Fr-890; J. 156; Probszt 2627; Zöttl 3436 (Type 1).
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 384: Münzen, Medaillen und Marken von Salzburg - Die Sammlung Professor Dr. Franz Schedel, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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