Salzburg 1725 1/4 ducat Fr-846
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This specimen was lot 70122 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. 1/4 Ducat, 1725. Franz Anton-Graf und Furst von Harrach. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. Flashy and lustrous but a little weak on St. Rupert's face. Ruler is Franz Anton, who ruled 1709-1727." This tiny coin was struck 1709, 1712-14, 1718-19, 1725 and is not expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.88 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-846; KM-297.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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