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[[Image:SA54-2370.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 54, lot 2370]]

This specimen was lot 2370 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $65. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Austria, Salzburg|SALZBURG]]: Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein, 1747-1753, AR ½ kreuzer, 1752, a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63." The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck in 1748 and 1752 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:'' 0.5 g, silver, 14 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-353.

''[[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.
* Helmut Zöttl, ''Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810,'' 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, ''Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Salzburg 1752 1/2 thaler|1752 half thaler]]
* [[Salzburg 1752 thaler Dav-1246|1752 thaler, St. Rupert reverse]]
* [[Salzburg 1752 ducat Fr-860|1752 ducat, St. Rupert reverse]]
* [[Salzburg 1753 1/2 kreuzer|1753 half kreuzer]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1752]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 54]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]

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 [[Image:SA54-2370.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 54, lot 2370]]
-This specimen was lot 2370 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $65. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Austria, Salzburg|SALZBURG]]: Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein, 1747-1753, AR ½ kreuzer, 1752, a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63." The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck in 1748 and 1752 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.
+This specimen was lot 2370 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $65. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Austria, Salzburg|SALZBURG]]: Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein, 1747-1753, AR ½ kreuzer, 1752, a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63." The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck in 1748 and 1752 and has a low catalog value. The "A" is an abbreviation for "Andreas", not a mintmark. 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.

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