Salzburg 1593 thaler Dav-8200A

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Sincona sale 39, lot 4292

This specimen was lot 4292 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$300 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Salzburg, Erzbistum, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612 Talerklippe 1593. Sehr schön. Henkelspur. (Germany, archbishopric of Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612, klippe thaler of 1593. Very fine. Mount mark.)"

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. 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. This type was struck in 1593, along with a conventional round thaler (Dav-8200). 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), -8199 (1½ thaler) plus klippes.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.21 g.

Catalog reference: Zöttl 956. Dav-8200A.

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]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.

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