Salzburg 1668 1/2 ducat Fr-815

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Goldberg sale 85, lot 3176
photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3176 in Goldberg sale 85 (Los Angeles, June 2015), where it sold for $617. The catalog description[1] noted, "Austria: Salzburg. ½ Ducat, 1668. Max Gandolph von Kuenburg. Arms. Reverse: Seated saint. ANACS graded AU-58." 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 is listed for 1668-86; half ducats were minted for the rest of the century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.75 grams, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-815; KM-192.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Helmut Zottl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 85: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2015.

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