Salzburg 1782-M ducat Fr-880
This specimen was lot 3552 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €480 (about US$620 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803. Dukat 1782. GOLD. R Min. Randfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803, ducat of 1782. A few rim bumps, extremely fine.)"
This type of 1772-86 is the most common Salzburg ducat and may be the most common German ducat of the eighteenth century. A commemorative honoring the 1200th anniversary of the archbishopric is also noted for 1782 (Fr-887).
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-880; Zöttl 3147, KM 437.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015
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