Salzburg 1764 ducat Fr-870
This specimen was lot 3131 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,163 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. Dukat 1764. Fürstenhut ohne Perlen, Wappenmantel mit Bändern. GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-71, ducat of 1764, prince's cap without pearls, mantle with ribbons. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1764 only but is not rare. A variety exists (KM 407) with the archbishop's name spelled "SIGM·" instead of the "SIGISM·" shown here. 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 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 406, Fr-870; Probszt 2256; Zöttl 2920 (Type 5 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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