Salzburg 1758 ducat Fr-865
This specimen was lot 3125 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. Dukat 1758. Ohne Signatur unter dem Brustbild. GOLD. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Goldpatina, vorzüglich/Stempelglanz. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-71, ducat of 1758, without engraver's initials below the bust. Attractive example with fine gold patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1754-63 and is common for a ducat. 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: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 381, Fr-865; Probszt 2248; Zöttl 2908 (Type 2 b).
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- [1]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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