Salzburg 1662 thaler Dav-3505
This specimen was lot 20142 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. Taler, 1662. Guidobald von Thun und Hohenstein. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. Absolutely stunning and highly desirable this fine, the hard luster practically glowing beneath vibrant, iridescent tone. Incredible eye appeal abounds throughout." 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 one of the commonest thalers of the seventeenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29 g, 0.875 fine silver, 42 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-3505; KM-162.
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- Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 112: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2019.
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