Salzburg 1673 4 ducat Fr-808

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Künker sale 352, lot 1694

This specimen was lot 1694 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €24,000 (about US$33,401 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM, Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. Vierfache Dukatenklippe 1673. Sechsfeldiges Wappen unter Legatenhut//St. Rudbertus mit Mitra, Salzgefäß und Krummstab thront v. v. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 60 (5959787-013). GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. Erworben 1938 bei der Firma Julius Jenke, München. (Germany, archbishopric of Salzburg, Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-87, rectangular klippe ducat of 1673. Obverse: sixfold arms under a legate's hat; reverse: St. Rupert with mitre, salt cellar and crozier. Extremely rare, NGC graded MS-60, extremely fine, bought from Julius Jenke in 1938.)"

In addition to a wide array of gold coins ranging from a quarter ducat to ten ducats, many were issued in klippe (square) format for presentation. This design was used 1668-87.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 13.95 g.

Catalog reference: KM 225, Fr-808; Zöttl 1927.

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.
  • 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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