Salzburg 1800-M ducat Fr-880
This specimen was lot 1478 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €750 (about US$994 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, SALZBOURG, Archevêché, Jérôme de Colloredo (1772-1803), AV ducat, 1800. D/ B. à d. R/ Armoiries. Légères traces de monture. Très Beau à Superbe. (Holy Roman Empire, archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus of Colloredo, 1772-1803, gold ducat of 1800. Obverse: bust right; reverse: arms. Light traces of a mount, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
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.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold; this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 463, Probszt 2414; Zöttl 3168; Fr-880.
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- Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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