Salzburg 1704 thaler Dav-1234
This specimen was part of lot 2994 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €1,300 (about US$1,680 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein, 1687-1709. Reichstaler 1703, 1704, 1706, 1707, 1708, 1709. Dav-1234 (6x); Probszt 1809, 1810, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815; Zöttl 2175, 2176, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181. 6 Stück., Sehr schön und besser. (archbishopric of Salzburg, John Ernest of Thun and Hohenstein, 1687-1709, thalers of 1703-09. Six pieces, very fine or better.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1687-1709 and is common. Confusingly, it is also listed as Dav-3510. 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: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 254, Dav-1234, Probszt 1810; Zöttl 2176.
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- [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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