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| − | This specimen was lot 39023 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. 2 Ducat, 1594. Wolf Dietrich Raitenau (1587-1611). NGC EF Details--Mount Removed. It always helps to have relatives in high places, Wolf Dietrich Raitenau was the great-nephew of Pope Pius IV. He was also a consummate renaissance prince who adhered to the counter-reformation, (at one point expelling all of the Protestants from Salzburg), but who also became a bit more tolerant in his older age. His downfall came after a bitter dispute with Maximillian I of Bavaria which eventually lead to his imprisonment at Hohenwerfen Castle where he died after 6 years of captivity. Struck during a happier time in his reign, the coin offered here displays evidence of mount removal, but retains a remarkable degree of detail. An interesting and historical piece that is exponentially more SCARCE than the silver issues from that same era. | + | This specimen was lot 39023 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. 2 Ducat, 1594. Wolf Dietrich Raitenau (1587-1611). NGC EF Details--Mount Removed. It always helps to have relatives in high places, Wolf Dietrich Raitenau was the great-nephew of Pope Pius IV. He was also a consummate renaissance prince who adhered to the counter-reformation, (at one point expelling all of the Protestants from Salzburg), but who also became a bit more tolerant in his older age. His downfall came after a bitter dispute with Maximillian I of Bavaria which eventually lead to his imprisonment at Hohenwerfen Castle where he died after 6 years of captivity. Struck during a happier time in his reign, the coin offered here displays evidence of mount removal, but retains a remarkable degree of detail. An interesting and historical piece that is exponentially more SCARCE than the silver issues from that same era. Ex: Coin Galleries Mail Bid Sale July 18, 1973, Lot #60." 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. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1813. Friedberg lists this type for 1587-97. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|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. | * 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. | ||
| + | * Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, and Todd McKenna, ''The November 2015 Baltimore Auction, World Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Ray Czabor Collection and selections from the Strong Museum,'' Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2015. | * <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, and Todd McKenna, ''The November 2015 Baltimore Auction, World Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Ray Czabor Collection and selections from the Strong Museum,'' Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2015. | ||
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| − | * [[Salzburg 1590 2 ducat Fr-689]] | + | * [[Salzburg 1590 2 ducat Fr-689|1590 double ducat]] |
| − | * [[Salzburg 1593 2 thaler Dav-8198]] | + | * [[Salzburg 1593 2 thaler Dav-8198|1593 double thaler]] |
| − | * [[Salzburg 1594 8 ducats Fr-674]] | + | * [[Salzburg 1593 10 ducats Fr-677|1593 10 ducats]] |
| − | * [[Salzburg 1606 2 ducat Fr-660]] | + | * [[Salzburg 1594 8 ducats Fr-674|1594 8 ducats]] |
| + | * [[Salzburg 1594 25 ducats Fr-666|1594 25 ducats]] | ||
| + | * [[Salzburg 1606 2 ducat Fr-660|1606 double ducat]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1594]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1594]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Austria, Salzburg]] | * return to coins of [[Austria, Salzburg]] | ||
[[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2015 Baltimore sale]] | [[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2015 Baltimore sale]] | ||
Revision as of 09:41, 1 May 2021
This specimen was lot 39023 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Salzburg. 2 Ducat, 1594. Wolf Dietrich Raitenau (1587-1611). NGC EF Details--Mount Removed. It always helps to have relatives in high places, Wolf Dietrich Raitenau was the great-nephew of Pope Pius IV. He was also a consummate renaissance prince who adhered to the counter-reformation, (at one point expelling all of the Protestants from Salzburg), but who also became a bit more tolerant in his older age. His downfall came after a bitter dispute with Maximillian I of Bavaria which eventually lead to his imprisonment at Hohenwerfen Castle where he died after 6 years of captivity. Struck during a happier time in his reign, the coin offered here displays evidence of mount removal, but retains a remarkable degree of detail. An interesting and historical piece that is exponentially more SCARCE than the silver issues from that same era. Ex: Coin Galleries Mail Bid Sale July 18, 1973, Lot #60." 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. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1813. Friedberg lists this type for 1587-97.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, .986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Friedberg 689.
- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Todd McKenna, The November 2015 Baltimore Auction, World Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Ray Czabor Collection and selections from the Strong Museum, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2015.
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