Salzburg 1774 thaler Dav-1263
This specimen was part of lot 3222 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €190 (about US$246 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803. Konv.-Taler 1773, 1774. 1x mit Signatur F · M · F · (Stempelschneider Franz Matzenkopf) und 1x ohne Signatur unter dem Brustbild. Dav-1263 (2x); Probszt 2426, 2427; Zöttl 3205 (Type 2 b), 3207 (Type 2 c). 2 Stück., Sehr schön und fast vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803, convention thalers of 1773-74, with with initials and one without. Two pieces, very fine and about 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 1772-86 for Hieronymus von Colloredo and is common. 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: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 435, Dav-1263, Probszt 2427; Zöttl 3205 (Type 2 b), 3207 (Type 2 c).
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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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