Salzburg 1763-S pfennig

formerly in the Wildman Collection

This billon pfennig was minted in Salzburg in 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 1753-71 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, uniface.

Catalog reference: KM 366.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1762-FM thaler
• 1762-FMK thaler, bust obverse
• 1762 ducat
• 1763 thaler, bust obverse
• 1764-MK thaler
• 1764 thaler
• 1764 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1763
• return to coins of Austria, Salzburg