Salzburg 1772 ducat Fr-878
This specimen was lot 3179 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,135 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Sedisvakanz, 1771-1772. Dukat 1772. GOLD. R Nur 1.042 Stück geprägt. Kl. Kratzer, fast Stempelglanz. (archbishopric of Salzburg, sede vacante, 1771-72, ducat of 1772. Rare, only 1,042 pieces struck. Lightly scratched, about uncirculated.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1772 only and is one of the few instances of a "sede vacante" coin struck in Salzburg. Hieronymus von Colloredo was eventually elected archbishop and found time to issue ducats in 1772 (Fr-880). 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: 1,042.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 436; Fr-878; Probszt 2383; Zöttl 3114; Zepernick 62.
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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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