Salzburg 1628 1/2 thaler

Sincona sale 39, lot 4297

This specimen was lot 4297 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 160 CHF (about US$188 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Salzburg, Erzbistum, Paris Graf Lodron, 1619-1653 Halbtaler 1628. Auf die Domweihe. Mzz. geflügeltes Engelsköpfchen. Vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Salzburg, Paris, Count of Lodron, 1619-53, half thaler of 1628, on the new cathedral. Mintmark: flying angel's head. Extremely fine.)"

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 1628 for the opening of the new cathedral and is occasionally available. A thaler, four ducats and six ducats were also issued for the event.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.55 g, silver, this specimen 14.04 g.

Catalog reference: Zöttl 1438, KM 141.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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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• 1627 pfenning
• 1627 1/6 thaler
• 1627 klippe half thaler
• 1628 thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 double thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 triple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 klippe triple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 quadruple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 klippe quadruple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 klippe sextuple thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 4 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 5 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 6 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 8 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 10 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1628 20 ducats, on the consecration of the cathedral
• 1629 round double thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1628
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