Salzburg 1715 ducat Fr-844
This specimen was lot 3449 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 710 CHF (about US$950 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Salzburg, Erzbistum, Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727. Dukat 1715, Salzburg. Fast vorzüglich. Kleine Kratzer und Randfehler (archbishopric of Salzburg, Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727, ducat of 1715, Salzburg mint. About extremely fine, Small scratches and edge nicks)." The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1709-26 and is slightly more common than the ducat with the bust obverse (Fr-842). 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: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 299, Zöttl 2346, Fr-844.
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