Salzburg 1728-B thaler Dav-1240

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Sincona sale 76, lot 1543

This specimen was lot 1543 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 3,000 CHF (about US$3,642 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Salzburg, Erzbistum. Leopold Anton Eleutherius, 1727-1744. Taler 1728, Salzburg. Mit der Signatur B (Philipp Christoph Becker, Stempelschneider in Salzburg). Sehr selten. Vorzüglich. NGC AU55. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Leopold Anton Eleutherius, 1727-44, thaler of 1728, Salzburg mint, with engraver's initial "B". Very rare, Extremely fine.)"

This one year type seems to be the rarest thaler from this state in the eighteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.12 g.

Catalog reference: KM 328, Zöttl 2574. Probst 2132. Dav-1240.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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