Salzburg 1752 1/2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 2370 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "SALZBURG: Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein, 1747-1753, AR ½ kreuzer, 1752, a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63." The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck in 1748 and 1752 and has a low catalog value. The "A" is an abbreviation for "Andreas", not a mintmark. 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: 0.5 g, silver, 14 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-353.
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- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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