Salzburg 1767 thaler Dav-1260

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 40036
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40036 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. Taler, 1767. Sigmund III von Schrattenbach. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. Exceptionally choice and brilliant, this dazzling crown offers great, original luster, with some steely gray toning and hints of rose-gold near portions of the peripheries. Quite RARE when encountered this attractive and, not surprisingly, the only example of the type seen at PCGS. Ex: Kuenker 154 (6/2009) Lot # 1503."

Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-1260; KM-418.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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