Salzburg 1742-FMK thaler Dav-1242
This specimen was lot 1986 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €600 (about US$850 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian, 1727-1744. Reichstaler 1742. R Feine Tönung, vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian, 1727-44, thaler of 1742. Rare, fine toning, extremely fine.)"
While most Salzburg thalers are common, this one of 1738-44 is scarce. The archbishop is remembered in history for expelling twenty thousand Protestants from his domain in 1731, to the benefit of the king of Prussia who settled them in East Prussia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 29,36 g.
Catalog reference: KM 338, Dav-1242; Zöttl 2579.
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- Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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