Salzburg 1696 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 33337 in Heritage sale 3082 (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "Austria: Salzburg. Johann Ernst 1/4 Taler 1696 MS63 PCGS. Exceptional quality for a fractional taler of the period, cabinet-toned to perfection. Sold with old dealer tag." 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 1694-96, 1699-1700, 1703-08 and is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 282.
- 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.
- Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Online Auction 3082, featuring the Caranett Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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