Salzburg 1791-M thaler Dav-1265
This specimen was lot 3299 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €200 (about US$283 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM, Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803. Konv.-Taler 1791. Winz. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803, convention thaler of 1791 Hairlines, about extremely fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. In the seventeenth century it was blessed with a number of productive silver mines and the prince-archbishop was a prolific issuer of coins, particularly thalers. This type was struck 1789-1803 and is common. The Archbishop is most remembered as the first patron of Mozart but grew irritable when Mozart demanded better status than a mere employee.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 28,00 g.
Catalog reference: KM 465, Dav-1265; Zöttl 3231.
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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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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