Salzburg 1639 thaler Dav-3504
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This specimen was lot 37527 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. Taler, 1639/8. Salzburg Mint. Paris von Lodron. NGC AU-55." 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 1623-53 and is one of the commonest thalers of the seventeenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.7 g, silver, 40 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Dav-3504; KM-87.
- 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 Zottl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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