Salzburg 1651 ducat Fr-757
This specimen was lot 2794 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,455 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Paris von Lodron, 1619-1653. Dukatenklippe 1651. GOLD. RR Sehr schön. Erworben im August 1989 von der Partin Bank, Bad Mergentheim. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Paris von Lodron, 1619-53, klippe ducat of 1651. Very rare, 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 klippe (shown here) format in 1627-28 and 1631-51 and round format (KM 65) 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 3.42 g.
Catalog reference: KM 109, Fr-757; Probszt 1142; Zöttl 1389 (Type 7).
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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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