Salzburg 1668 6 ducat Fr-801

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Künker sale 384, lot 2892

This specimen was lot 2892 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$25,844 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. 6 Dukaten 1668. Geschenkstück. Die Heiligen mit Nimbus. f MAXIMIL : GANDOLPH9 D : G : ARCHIEPS : SALISBVRG : SED : AP · LEG : S : R : I : PR · Sechsfeldiges Stifts- und Familienwappen, darüber Kardinalshut mit herabhängenden Quasten, unten zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 68, umher Laubkranz//f SS : RVDBERTVS · ET · VIRGILIVS · PATRONI · SALISBVRGENSES · Die beiden Stiftsheiligen St. Rudbertus und St. Virgilius sitzen nebeneinander mit Mitra, Salzgefäß und Krummstab auf Wolken, die Köpfe einander zugewandt, davor Dommodell, umher Laubkranz. GOLD. RR Feine Goldpatina, vorzüglich +. Exemplar der Auktion Lanz 53, München 1990, Nr. 663. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, six ducats of 1668, presentation strike, the saints with haloes. Obverse: sixfold state and family arms, under a cardinal's hat with tassels, dividing the date, leafy wreath around; reverse: SS. Rupert and Virgil seated facing each other with miter, saltcellar and croziers, a model of the cathedral between them. Very rare, fine gold patina, choice extremely fine.)"

In die Regierungszeit des Fürsterzbischofs Max Gandolf von Kuenburg fallen ab 1675 auch die Zauberbubenprozesse, in denen jugendliche Bettler der Hexerei beschuldigt, gefoltert und exekutiert wurden. Im Folgejahr nach dem Jubiläum entsandte der Fürsterzbischof 800 Soldaten sowie weiteres Kriegsmaterial und Geldmittel zum Entsatz der von den Türken belagerten Stadt Wien. (From 1675, during the reign of Prince Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg, the witchcraft trials also commenced, in which young beggars were accused of witchcraft, tortured and executed. In the year following the anniversary, the Prince Archbishop sent 800 soldiers as well as other war material and funds to relieve the city of Vienna besieged by the Turks.)"

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck in 1668 and marked the coronation of the new archbishop. It was part of a series ranging from half thaler up to 12 ducats. A variety without St. Virgil on the reverse is also listed (KM 200). In the seventeenth century, Salzburg was blessed with a number of productive silver mines and the prince-archbishop was a prolific issuer of coins, particularly thalers. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1814.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 21 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 20,77 g.

Catalog reference: KM 201, Fr-801; Probszt 1598; Zöttl 1916 (Type 3).

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 384: Münzen, Medaillen und Marken von Salzburg - Die Sammlung Professor Dr. Franz Schedel, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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