Salzburg 1805-M ducat Fr-889

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Künker sale 352, lot 1714

This specimen was lot 1714 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,644 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM, Ferdinand, 1803-1806. Dukat 1805. GOLD. R Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Ferdinand, 1803-06, ducat of 1805. Choice, Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The archbishopric of Salzburg was secularized in 1803 and its rule handed over to a Hapsburg archduke, Ferdinand. In 1813, the state was annexed to Austria, which rules it to this day. This scarce type was struck 1805-06.

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly scarce.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,44 g in gold.

Catalog reference: KM 498, Fr-889; Zöttl 3405.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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