Salzburg 1500 batzen

Sincona sale 76, lot 1536

This specimen was lot 1536 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$546 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA, Salzburg, Erzbistum. Leonhard von Keutschach, 1495-1519. Batzen 1500, Salzburg. Vorzüglich-FDC. NGC MS62. Prachtvolle Erhaltung mit herrlicher Patina. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Leonhard von Keutschach, 1495-1519, batzen of 1500, Salzburg mint. Extremely fine-uncirculated, Beautiful condition with magnificent patina.)"

The batzen, a denomination better known in Switzerland, was traditionally worth four kreuzer. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, one thaler was sixty kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3.09 g.

Catalog reference: Zöttl 60. Probszt 99.

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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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