Salzburg 1805-M 20 kreuzer

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Stephen Album sale 47, lot 2520

This specimen was lot 2520 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SALZBURG: Ferdinand, Elector, 1803-1805, AR 20 kreuzer, 1805, initial M, Archbishopric issue, two-year type, EF-AU." 1805-06 This type, issued in 1805 after Salzburg was secularized and handed over to an Austrian archduke, is fairly common. Twenty kreuzer was one-sixth of a convention thaler. A thaler from 1806 is the last issue from this locale.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-496.

Source:

  • 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

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