Salzburg 1768 ducat Fr-872
This specimen was lot 3137 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,034 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. Dukat 1768. Jahreszahl unten, Fürstenhut ohne Perlen und Wappen in veränderter Kartusche. GOLD. Leicht gewellt, sehr schön +. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-71, ducat of 1768, date below, prince's hat without pearls and coat of arms in a modified cartouche. Slightly wavy, choice very fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1764-71 and is not rare. It shows the date below the arms. 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 407, Fr-872; Probszt 2265; Zöttl 2932 (Type 9 d).
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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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