Salzburg 1720 1/2 thaler KM-310
This specimen was lot 4834 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,178 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727. 1/2 Reichstaler 1720. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, archbishopric of Salzburg, Francis Anthony of Harrach, 1709-27, half thaler of 1720, scarce in this quality, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1712-20 and 1725 along with KM 307, which featured a bust of the archbishop.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.61 g.
Catalog reference: KM 310, Zöttl 2445.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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