Salzburg 1759 thaler Dav-1253

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Goldberg sale 59, lot 3629
image courtesy Ira & Larry Goldberg
Künker sale 293, lot 1765

This first specimen was minted in Salzburg in 1759. It was lot 3629 in Goldberg sale 59 (Beverly Hills, May 2010), where it sold for $373.75. The catalog description[2] noted, "Austria - Salzburg. Taler, 1759. Sigismund III. Bust right. Reverse: Seated saint with small madonna. NGC graded AU-53." The second specimen was lot 1765 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €260 (about US$351 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. Konv.-Taler 1759. Variante ohne Stempelschneidersignatur unter dem Brustbild der Vorderseite. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. Exemplar der Lagerliste Manfred Olding 23, Osnabrück 2002, Nr. 3454. (Austrian church states, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-1771, convention thaler of 1759, variety without engraver's initial below bust. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was issued 1759-60 and is fairly common. We also note Dav-1251 and -1252 for 1759. The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. In the seventeenth century it was blessed with a number of productive silver mines and the prince-archbishop was a prolific issuer of coins, particularly thalers. This type was struck 1759-60 and is priced about 50% higher than the thalers of Mozart's time.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, 42 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 395.1, Probszt-2287, Zöttl 2988, Dav-1253.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 59: Ancient & World Coins, Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2010.
  • [2]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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