Salzburg 1593 2 thaler Dav-8198A

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Heritage sale 3010, lot 20217
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries
Künker sale 406, lot 4652

The first specimen was lot 20217 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,150. The catalog description[1] noted, "Salzburg. Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau Klippe 2 Taler 1593, cleaned XF with a mount trace on one corner. An attractive piece featuring St. Rudbertus on the obverse and a tower on the reverse buffeted by the four winds." The second specimen was lot 4652 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,443 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612. Doppelte Reichstalerklippe 1593. Turmprägung. Geschenkmünze an die Truppen. Hübsche Patina, kl. Henkelspur, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich of Raitenau, 1587-1612, klippe double thaler of 1593, tower coinage, bonus money for the troops. Handsome patina, mount mark, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Davenport assigns the regular round issue and the klippe shown here the same catalog number. On this occasion, the archbishop also struck Dav-8192 (single thaler), -8193 (8 thaler), -8194 (6 thaler), -8195 (5 thaler), -8196 (4 thaler), -8197 (triple thaler), -8198 (double thaler, shown here), -8199 (1½ thaler) plus klippes.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, the first specimen 56.41 grams, the second specimen 57,26 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8198a; Zöttl 954.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • 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]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
  • [2]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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