Salzburg 1788-M ducat Fr-880
This specimen was lot 1272 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €650 (about US$900 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, SALZBOURG, Archevêché, Jérôme de Colloredo (1772-1803), AV ducat, 1788. D/ B. à d. R/ Armoiries. Fines griffes. Belle couleur. Superbe à Fleur de Coin. (Holy Roman Empire, archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus of Colloredo, 1772-1803, gold ducat of 1788. Obverse: bust right; reverse: arms. Fine scratches, nice color, Extremely Fine - Uncirculated.)"
This type, struck 1787-1802, is among the more common German ducats. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1814.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 463, Fr-880, Probszt 2403; Zöttl 3154.
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- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 135, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
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