Salzburg 1571-SR 2 ducat Fr-636

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Sincona sale 9, lot 4905
Sincona sale 97, lot 2145

The first specimen was lot 4905 in Sincona sale 9 (Zürich, October 2012), where it sold for 1025 CHF (about US$1,296 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ÖSTERREICH Salzburg, Erzbistum Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi, 1560-1586. Doppeldukat 1571. Lt. gew. Gutes sehr schön. (Austria, archbishopric of Salzburg, John Jacob Khuen of Belasi, 1560-86, double ducat of 1571. Good very fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 2145 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,500 CHF (about US$2,176 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Salzburg, Erzbistum, Johann Jakob Khüen von Belasi, 1560-1586. 2 Dukaten 1571, Salzburg. Mit Titel Maximilians II. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. (archbishopric of Salzburg, John Jacob Khüen von Belasi, 1560-86, double ducat of 1571, Salzburg mint, struck in the name of Maximilian II. Rare in this condition. NGC MS62.)"

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type is listed for 1569-86. The obverse was redesigned to show St. Rupert above the arms, he having been displaced from the reverse by the imperial eagle. In the seventeenth century it 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: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, the first specimen is 6,90 g, the second specimen 6.95 g.

Catalog reference: Zöttl 543, Probszt 477, Fr-636.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, Banknotes & Books: Auction 9, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2012.
  • [2]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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