Salzburg 1668 8 ducats Fr-800

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Heritage sale 3096, lot 30093
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This specimen was lot 30093 in Heritage auction 3096 (Dallas, TX, March 2021), where it sold for $120,000. The catalog description[1] noted,

"Prooflike "Star" 8 Ducat of Salzburg. Austria - Salzburg. Maximilian Gandolph gold 8 Ducat 1668 MS63★ Prooflike NGC. In a word, stunning. That a coin produced centuries ago could survive to the present and retain the aesthetic marvelousness displayed here is an amazing feat. This emission more than earns its "star" for exceptional visual quality, and though we will attempt to summarize just how beautiful the coin is in hand, it seems impossible to fully justify how impressive it truly is. For one, and perhaps foremost, the strike is exemplary. Needle-sharp detailing defines the visual motifs, rendered to such precision that not even a hint of weakness is noted throughout the designs. Within the contours of the devices, including the obverse facing saints, a speckling of golden frost endows their figures and the church underneath with an opulent texturing. While enhancing their presentation on its own, this feature produces a sublime contrast against the fields below, which reveal an intense gold-foil luster that bows toward the raised areas, shimmering distinctively in direct light to create a dazzling backdrop for the immersive central features. Even minor distracting marks can occasionally accompany a choice certification, yet no such signs are evident across the entirety of the surfaces, which yield a palpable visual grandeur that would be exceedingly difficult to surpass in any survivor of the series. An ideal type coin, and an offering that is sure to appeal to any collector seeking only the absolute finest quality. From the Paramount Collection."

This eight ducat was issued as part of a series that included KM 196 (double ducat), KM 197 (4 ducats), KM 198/199 (5 ducats), KM 200/201 (6 ducats), KM 203 (9 ducats), KM 204 (10 ducats), KM 205 (10 ducats klippe), KM 207/A207/A208 (12 ducats), KM 208 (15 ducats), KM 209 (20 ducats), KM 210 (20 ducats klippe), KM 211 (25 ducats) and KM 212 (25 ducats klippe). The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1814.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 27.80 g.

Catalog reference: KM 202, Fr-800, Probszt-1595, Zöttl-1910.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3096, featuring the Paramount Collection of World & Ancient Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.

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