Salzburg (1668-87) 2 thaler Dav-3507

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Künker sale 384, lot 2926

This specimen was lot 2926 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €57,500 (about US$74,302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. Doppelte Schautalerklippe o. J. von V. Linner. Stadtansicht von Salzburg vom Kapuzinerberg ausgesehen, im Vordergrund die Salzach, im Hintergrund die Hohensalzburg//Sechsfeldiges Stifts- und Familienwappen mit großem Kreuz und Kardinalshut, zu den Seiten sitzen die beiden Stiftsheiligen St. Rudbertus mit Mitra, Salzgefäß und Krumstab und St. Virgilius mit Mitra, Krummstab und Dommodell. Von großer Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben im März 1985 von der Partin Bank, Bad Mergentheim. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, undated klippe double show thaler by V. Linner. Obverse: city view with the Salzach in the foreground and the Hohensalzburg in the rear; reverse: sixfold state and family arms with large cross and cardinal's hat, supported by SS. Rupert and Virgil with miter, saltcellar, crozier and a model of the cathedral. Extremely rare, attractive example with fine gold patina, Very fine to extremely fine.)"

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. We don't usually include show thalers, which are actually medals, but this one has a Davenport number so we have featured it here. In the seventeenth century, 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 46,61 x 47,07 mm; 57,43 g.

Catalog reference: KM 113, Dav-3507; Probszt 1649; Zöttl 1985.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • 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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