Salzburg 1695 1/2 thaler
The first specimen was lot 22054 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. 1/2 Taler, 1695. Archbishop Johann Ernst Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (1687-1709). PCGS MS-65. Sharply struck with the minute details visible without the aid of magnification. Lustrous with light attractive peripheral tone on the obverse and attractive slate grey on the reverse showing hues of blue and gold." The second specimen was lot 40569 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[2] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. 1/2 Taler, 1695. Salzburg Mint. Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein. PCGS MS-63. From the Augustana Collection." 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 1687, 1694-1700, 1702-1708 and is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-253.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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