Salzburg 1757 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4837 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €550 (about US$720 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1757. Vorzüglich/Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-71, half convention thaler of 1757. extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck in 1757 only.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 13.99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 387.1, Zöttl 3018.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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