Salzburg 1682 3 ducats Fr-786

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Künker sale 384, part of lot 2891

This specimen was lot 2891 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,107 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. 3 Dukaten 1682, auf das 1.100jährige Jubiläum des Erzstiftes. Variante mit EX COM in der Vorderseitenumschrift sowie Gans und Löwe auf der Rückseite. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU DETAILS REPAIRED (6495147-003). GOLD. RR Leichte Glättungsspuren im Feld der Rückseite, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Lanz 53, München 1990, Nr. 667. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, triple ducat of 1682, on the 1,100 anniversary of the bishopric.Very fine to extremely fine. Variety with "EX COM" in the obverse legend and a lion on reverse. Very rare, lightly smoothed on the reverse fields, very fine to extremely fine, graded NGC AU DETAILS REPAIRED.)"

Anlässlich des Stiftsjubiläums wurden auch in einer langen Prozession Reliquien getragen, u. a. von den auf der Rückseite dieses 4-Dukatenstückes dargestellten Heiligen Martin, Vinzenz, Hermes sowie Chrysanthus und Daria. Zu diesen Feierlichkeiten wurden neben den Silberstücken einige wenige Goldprägungen ausgegeben. Diese Goldstücke sind alle selten. (On the occasion of the anniversary of the monastery, relics were also carried in a long procession, including Saints Martin, Vincent, Hermes, Chrysanthus and Daria depicted on the reverse of this 4 ducat piece. In addition to the silver pieces, a few gold coins were issued for these celebrations. These gold pieces are all rare.)

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 1682 and commemorated the 1100th anniversary of the bishopric. It was part of a series ranging from fifteen kreuzer up to 12 ducats. A regular issue triple ducat (KM 236) was also struck in 1682. 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: 10.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 235, Fr-786; Probszt -; Zöttl 1894 (Type 2).

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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