View source for Salzburg 1713 1/4 ducat Fr-846

[[Image:K354-5174.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 5174]]

This specimen was lot 5174 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €320 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM. Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727. 1/4 Dukat 1713. GOLD. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Austria, Salzburg|archbishopric of Salzburg]], Francis Anton of Harrach, 1709-27, quarter ducat of 1713. Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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 1709, 1712-19 and 1725.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.86 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 297, Fr-846; Zöttl 2380. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* 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. 
* Helmut Zottl, ''Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols.'' Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg.'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021. 

''Link to:''
* [[Salzburg 1709 1/4 ducat Fr-846|1709 quarter ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1712 thaler Dav-1238|1712 thaler, St. Rudbert obverse]]
* [[Salzburg 1714 1/4 ducat Fr-846|1714 quarter ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1713]]

[[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]]