Salzburg 1754-FMK thaler Dav-1247
This specimen was lot 4660 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €360 (about US$472 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. Konv.-Taler 1754. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung UNC Details cleaned (6643585-010). Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-71, convention thaler of 1754. Graded NGC UNC DETAILS CLEANED, handsome patina, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1753-58 and 1761 and is fairly available. For 1754, the SCWC also records KM 380/Dav-1248 (St. Rupert reverse). It was accompanied by a thirty kreuzer (KM 379), 17 kreuzer (KM 377), ten kreuzer (KM 376), three kreuzer (KM 375), two kreuzer (KM 374), and one kreuzer (KM 373).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 370; Dav-1247; Zöttl 2979.
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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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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