Austria 1809-D ducat Fr-890
This specimen was lot 3259 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,455 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Franz II. (I.), 1792-1804-1835. Dukat 1809, D, Salzburg, mit Titel von Franz I. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Bankhaus Partin 20, München 1985, Nr. 237. (principality of Salzburg, Francis I, 1804-35, ducat of 1809, Salzburg mint, struck in the name of Francis I. 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 1806-10 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 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 2168, Fr-890; J. 164; Probszt 2630; Zöttl 3439 (Type 2).
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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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