Salzburg 1760 20 kreuzer

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Sincona sale 76, lot 1550

This specimen was lot 1550 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$364 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Salzburg, Erzbistum. Sigismund von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. 20 Kreuzer 1760, Salzburg. Selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. NGC MS63. Prachtvolle Erhaltung mit herrlicher Patina. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771, twenty kreuzer of 1760, Salzburg mint. Rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated, Beautiful condition with magnificent patina.)"

This type was struck 1757-64 and is scarce by comparison to the twenty kreuzer of Sigismund's successor, Hieronymus von Colleredo. The specimen shown in the SCWC is heavily worn.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, this specimen 6.64 g.

Catalog reference: KM 386, Zöttl 3041. Probszt 2321.

Source:

  • 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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