Salzburg 1655 thaler Dav-3505

Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70150

This specimen was lot 70150 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. Taler, 1655. Guidobald von Thun und Hohenstein. PCGS EF-45. A wholesome and lightly circulated Taler, with sharp detail throughout, and dark gray toning. A few minor marks appear in the fields but nothing overly distracting." 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 1654-68 and is common. Except for the change of ruler, it is virtually identical to the prior type (Dav-3504) issued 1623-53. The superseding type (Dav-3508) was issued 1668-86.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-3505, KM 162.

Source:

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.
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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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Salzburg 1655 thaler Dav-3505

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