Salzburg 1618 pfennig
The first specimen was part of lot 2760 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €180 (about US$233 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Markus Sittikus von Hohenems, 1612-1619. Einseitiger Pfennig 1613, 1618. 0,29 g und 0,35 g. Probszt 1018, 1023; Zöttl 1220 (Type 1), 1225 (Type 2). 2 Stück., Sehr schön. 1613: Exemplar der Auktion Bankhaus Partin 33, München 1991, Nr. 1227. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Mark Sittich of Hohenems, 1612-19, uniface pennies of 1613 and 1618. Two pieces, very fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 2764 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €280 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Markus Sittikus von Hohenems, 1612-1619. Klippenförmiger Rechenpfennig 1618. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Mark Sittich of Hohenems, 1612-19, klippe penny of 1618. Scarce in this quality, choice example, about uncirculated.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The SCWC does not list this denomination in klippe format for this ruler. The round version (KM 11) is listed for 1612-19. In the seventeenth century, Salzburg 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: silver or billon, the first specimen 0.35 g, the second specimen 2.75 g.
Catalog reference: KM 11 (round format), the first specimen is Probszt 1023; Zöttl 1220 (Type 1), the secnd specimen is Probszt 1040; Zöttl 1244 (Type 2).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 384: Münzen, Medaillen und Marken von Salzburg - Die Sammlung Professor Dr. Franz Schedel, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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