Salzburg 1677 thaler Dav-3508

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Ponterio sale 168, lot 50324
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 50324 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $846. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. Taler, 1677. NGC MS-62. Maximilian Gandolph von Kuenburg (1668-87). Toned with underlying luster." 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 was struck 1668-86 and is common. The superseding type (Dav-3510) is very similar.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-3508; KM-190.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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