Salzburg (1587-93) 3 kreuzer

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Künker sale 384, part of lot 2727

This specimen was lot 2727 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €420 (about US$543 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612. 3 Kreuzer (Groschen) o. J. R Feine Patina, min. Randfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612, undated three kreuzer or groschen. Rare, fine patina, minor rim nicks, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This three kreuzer was one of a series of commemorative silver coins struck at the beginning of Wolf's reign, ranging from three kreuzer to three thalers. Some were struck in klippe format and this one is undated. Salzburg was blessed with a number of productive silver mines and the prince-archbishop was a prolific issuer of coins, particularly thalers. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1814.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 2.46 g.

Catalog reference: Probszt 858; Zöttl 1013.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [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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