Salzburg 1782 1/4 ducat Fr-883

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 22269

This specimen was lot 22269 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. 1/4 Ducat, 1782. Hieronymus. NGC MS-63. Jaw-dropping quality with a strong strike and vivid golden surfaces that are highlighted by prooflike fields." This type was struck 1776-77, 1782 and is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.88 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-443; Fr-883.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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