Salzburg 1638 ducat Fr-756
This specimen was lot 2780 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,938 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Paris von Lodron, 1619-1653. Dukat 1638. GOLD. Vorzüglich, Exemplar der Auktion Bankhaus Partin 29, München 1989, Nr. 722. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Paris von Lodron, 1619-53, ducat of 1638. Extremely 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 klippe (KM 109) format in 1627-28 and 1631-51 and round format (shown here) 1620-53. 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: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 65, Fr-756; Probszt 1120; Zöttl 1353 (Type 2).
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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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