Salzburg 1668 1/2 thaler

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Jean Elsen sale 103, lot 1643
Salzburg 1668 half thaler rev JElsen 103-1643.jpg

This specimen is lot 1643 in Jean Elsen sale 103 (Brussels, December 2009), where it sold for 120 euro. The catalog description[1] noted,

"SAINT EMPIRE, SALZBOURG, Archevêché, Maximilien Gandolf von Küenburg (1668-1687), AR demi-Taler, 1668, Droit: Armoiries. Revers : Les saints patrons de Salzbourg assis de face derrière une maquette d'église. Belle patine foncée. Très Beau à Superbe" (Holy Roman Empire, Archbishopric of Salzburg, Maximilien Gandolf von Küenburg (1668-1687), silver half thaler of 1668. Obv: arms of Salzburg. Rev: two parton saints, face-to-face, stand behind a model of the church. Nice patina, Very Fine to Extremely Fine).

This type was struck in Salzburg this year only. 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: silver; this specimen: 14.23 g.

Catalog reference: Probszt 1664, KM 189, Zöttl 2004.

Source:

  • 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 Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, Vente Publique 103, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, s.a, 2009.

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