Salzburg 1565 thaler Dav-8174
This specimen was lot 4650 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi, 1560-1586. Taler 1565. Hübsche Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, fast vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi, 1560-86, thaler of 1565. Handsome patina, minor edge defects, about extremely fine.)"
The SCWC lists this type for 1565 only but others are known dated 1561 or undated. St. Rupert also comes in different poses.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.79 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB275.1, Dav-8174; Zöttl 611.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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