Salzburg 1802-M 1/2 thaler
This specimen was part of lot 3235 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €240 (about US$310 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1797, 1802. 13,98 g und 14,04 g. Probszt 2468, 2469; Zöttl 3258 (Type 4), 3259 (Type 4). 2 Stück., Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1772-1803, half convention thalers of 1797 and 1802. Two pieces, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1787, 1792, 1797 and 1802 and is not 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: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 14,04 g.
Catalog reference: KM 461, Probszt 2469; Zöttl 3259 (Type 4).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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, 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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