Salzburg 1621 thaler Dav-3497
This specimen was part of lot 2816 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €550 (about US$711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Paris von Lodron, 1619-1653. Reichstaler 1620, 1621, 1624. Dav-3497 (3x); Probszt 1189, 1190, 1194; Zöttl Type 1 = 1462, 1463, 1466. 3 Stück., Sehr schön. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Paris von Lodron, 1619-53, thalers of 1620-24. Three pieces, very fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1620-24. A klippe version (KM 62) was struck in 1620 and 1622. 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.
Catalog reference: KM 61, Dav-3497, Probszt 1179; Zöttl 1454 (Type 5).
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- [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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