Salzburg 1766 ducat Fr-872
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This specimen was lot 1710 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,044 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM, Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. Dukat 1766. GOLD. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III von Schrattenbach, 1753-71, ducat of 1766. very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1764-71 and is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 407, Fr-872; Zöttl 2927.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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