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[[Image:S76-1543.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 76, lot 1543]]

This specimen was lot 1543 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 3,000 CHF (about US$3,642 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Salzburg, Erzbistum. Leopold Anton Eleutherius, 1727-1744. Taler 1728, Salzburg. Mit der Signatur B (Philipp Christoph Becker, Stempelschneider in Salzburg). Sehr selten. Vorzüglich. NGC AU55.'' ([[Austria, Salzburg|archbishopric of Salzburg]], Leopold Anton Eleutherius, 1727-44, thaler of 1728, Salzburg mint, with engraver's initial "B". Very rare, Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This one year type seems to be the rarest thaler from this state in the eighteenth century.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 29.12 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 328, Zöttl 2574. Probst 2132. [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1240]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Helmut Zöttl, ''Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810,'' 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection'', Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Salzburg 1723-G thaler Dav-1239|1723-G thaler]]
* [[Salzburg 1727 ducat Fr-849|1727 ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1728 4 kreuzer|1728 4 kreuzer]] = batzen
* [[Salzburg 1728 1/2 thaler|1728 half thaler]]
* [[Salzburg 1728 thaler Dav-1241|1728 thaler, arms obverse]]
* [[Salzburg 1728 1/4 ducat Fr-851|1728 ¼ ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1728 1/2 ducat Fr-850|1728 half ducat]]
* [[Salzburg 1728 ducat Fr-849|1728 ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1728]]

[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 75, 76, 77]][[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]]