Salzburg 1776-M thaler Dav-1263
This specimen was lot 2126 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €160 (about US$203 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, SALZBOURG, Archevêché, Jérôme de Colloredo (1772-1803), AR Taler, 1776. D/ B. de l'archevêque à d. R/ Ses armoiries. Très Beau. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus of Colloredo, 1772-1803, silver thaler of 1776. Obverse: bust of the archbishop right; reverse: his arms. 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 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, this specimen 27,98 g.
Catalog reference: KM 435, Probszt 2429; Zöttl 3212; Dav-1263.
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- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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