Salzburg 1629 2 thaler Dav-3503A
This specimen was lot 2811 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €4,800 (about US$6,203 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Paris von Lodron, 1619-1653. Doppelter Reichstaler 1629. Von großer Seltenheit. Kl. Randfehler, teilweise schwach ausgeprägt, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Bankhaus Partin 29, München 1989, Nr. 873. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Paris von Lodron, 1619-53, double thaler of 1629. Extremely rare, minor edge defects, weakly struck in spots, 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 in round (shown here) format in 1629 only and in klippe format (KM 92, Dav-3503) in 1624-25, 1629-32 and 1636. 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, this specimen 57.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 138, Dav-3503A, Probszt 1184; Zöttl 1448 (Type 3).
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1628 half thaler, on the consecration of the cathedral
- 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 klippe triple thaler
- 1629 klippe quadruple thaler
- 1629 quadruple ducat
- 1630 1/6 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1629