Salzburg 1755 1/4 ducat Fr-867

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from Künker sale 352, lot 1708
Künker sale 384, lot 3143

The first specimen was lot 1708 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €280 (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM, Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. 1/4 Dukat 1755. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III von Schrattenbach, 1753-71, quarter ducat of 1755. extremely fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 3143 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €360 (about US$465 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. 1/4 Dukat 1755. 0.85 g. Fr-867; Probszt 2273; Zöttl 2942 (Type 2). GOLD. Geprägt von leicht korrodierten Stempeln, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-71, quarter ducat of 1755. Struck from corroded dies, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This one year type is fairly common. The next issue of quarter ducats was in 1770.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.87 g.

Catalog reference: KM 383, Fr-867; Zöttl 2942.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
  • [2]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 384: Münzen, Medaillen und Marken von Salzburg - Die Sammlung Professor Dr. Franz Schedel, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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