Salzburg 1648 2 ducat Fr-755
This specimen was lot 20192 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $5,760. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. Klippe 2 Ducats, 1648. Archbishop Paris von Lodron (1619-53). NGC AU-55. Arms of Archbishop as Apostolic Legate; Reverse: Salzburg patron Saint Rupert seated holding crosier and reliquary. A captivating circular stamp on a square (26 x 26 mm) flan, recalling the glory days of this Archbishopric, whose occupant was often Apostolic Delegate to Germany. A delightfully sharp impression of impressive beauty, this piece is brightly toned with orange and reddish flashes and luminous fields that hold few marks of note. RARE, especially without significant forms of damage." 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. Archbishop Paris issued 37 different gold coins ranging from a quarter ducat to twenty ducats. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1814.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-755; Probszt-1096; KM-93 (incorrect image in SCWC).
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Helmut Zottl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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