Salzburg 1566 thaler Dav-8174
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This specimen was lot 3220 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €220 (about US$312 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi, 1560-1586. Taler 1566. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi, 1560-86, thaler of 1566. Handsome patina, very 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.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 28,80 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB275.1, Dav-8174; Zöttl 612.
- 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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