Salzburg 1770 ducat Fr-872
This specimen was lot 3138 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 1770. Jahreszahl unten, Fürstenhut ohne Perlen und großer Wappenkartusche. GOLD. Kl. Kratzer, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 314, Frankfurt/Main 1985, Nr. 2437. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-71, ducat of 1770, date below, prince's hat without pearls and large coat of arms. Minor scratches, 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 1764-71 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 3.48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 407, Fr-872; Probszt 2267; Zöttl 2935 (Type 9 g).
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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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