Salzburg 1711 thaler Dav-1236

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Sincona sale 18, lot 3162

This specimen was lot 3162 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"Taler 1711. Sehr schön. (Germany, archbishopric of Salzburg, thaler of 1711, very fine.)"

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 is known from 1709 and 1711 and is scarcer than the preceding type (Dav-1234).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.9 g, 0.875 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 28.79 g.

Catalog reference: KM 296, Zöttl 2402. Probszt 1992. Dav-1236.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2014.

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