Salzburg 1655 1/4 ducat

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Goldberg sale 59, lot 2606
image courtesy Ira & Larry Goldberg

This gold quarter ducat was minted in Salzburg in 1655. The specimen was lot 2606 in Goldberg sale 59 (Beverly Hills, May 2010), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Austria - Salzburg. ¼ Ducat, 1655. Guidobald von Thun und Hohenstein, 1654-1668. Seated saint. Reverse: Arms. Nice original lustrous example. NGC graded MS-62." 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.87 g, 0.986 fine gold, .027 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-777; KM 163; Probszt-1465.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 59: Ancient & World Coins, Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2010.

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