Salzburg 1786-M thaler Dav-1263
This specimen was part of lot 3224 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €1,100 (about US$1,422 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803. Konv.-Taler 1776, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786. Mit Signatur M · (Stempelschneider Franz Matzenkopf) unter dem Brustbild. Dav-1263 (10x); Probszt 2429, 2431, 2432, 2433, 2434, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439; Zöttl Type 2 e = 3212, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3217, 3218, 3219, 3220, 3221, 3222. 10 Stück., Zum Teil mit kl. Fehlern, meist sehr schön und besser. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803, convention thalers of 1776-86, with initial under the bust. Ten pieces, some with minor flaws, most very fine and better.)"
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 27.95 g.
Catalog reference: KM 435, Dav-1263, Probszt 2439; Zöttl 3222.
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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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