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[[Image:K384-02947.jpg|300px|thumb|Künker sale 384, part of lot 2947]]

This specimen was part of lot 2947 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €280 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. Einseitiger 1/2 Kreuzer 1671, 1677, 1680, 1682, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1686. Probszt 1714, 1715, 1716, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722; Zöttl 2058, 2059, 2060, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066. 8 Stück., Sehr schön-vorzüglich. 1671: Exemplar der Auktion Bankhaus Partin 10, München 1980, Nr. 658.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, uniface half kreuzers of 1671-86. Eight pieces, Very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1671, 1677, 1680-87 and has a low catalog value. 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:'' silver or billon. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 221, Probszt 1715; Zöttl 2059. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Helmut Zöttl, ''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, ''Katalog 384: Münzen, Medaillen und Marken von Salzburg - Die Sammlung Professor Dr. Franz Schedel,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023. 

''Link to:''
* [[Salzburg 1674 2 kreuzer|1674 2 kreuzer]]
* [[Salzburg 1676 1/4 ducat Fr-817|1676 quarter ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1676 ducat Fr-813|1676 ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1677 kreuzer|1677 kreuzer]]
* [[Salzburg 1677 1/6 thaler KM-215|1677 klippe 1/6 thaler]]
* [[Salzburg 1677 thaler Dav-3508|1677 thaler]]
* [[Salzburg 1677 ducat Fr-813|1677 ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1678 1/4 ducat Fr-817|1678 quarter ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1678 ducat Fr-813|1678 ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1681 3 kreuzer|1681 3 kreuzer]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1677]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]