Salzburg 1773 2 ducats Fr-879
This specimen was lot 3183 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,360 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803. 2 Dukaten 1773. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Fassungsspuren, berieben, winz. Druckstelle, fast sehr schön. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803, double ducat of 1773. Extremely rare, tooled, small punch mark, about 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 1773 only for Hieronymus von Colloredo. It is rare. 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: 7.0 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.90 g.
Catalog reference: KM 440; Fr-879; Probszt 2385; Zöttl 3133.
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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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