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[[Image:K384-02886.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 384, lot 2886]] | [[Image:K384-02886.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 384, lot 2886]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 2886 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €240 (about US$310 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Guidobald von Thun und Hohenstein, 1654-1668. 2 Kreuzer (1/2 Batzen) 1661. RR Sehr schön.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Guidobald of Thun and Hohenstein, 1654-68, two kreuzer or half batzen of 1661. Very rare, very 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 1654-67 and has a very low catalog value. In the mid seventeenth century, one thaler was 72 kreuzer, making this coin 1/36 thaler. 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 | + | This specimen was lot 2886 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €240 (about US$310 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Guidobald von Thun und Hohenstein, 1654-1668. 2 Kreuzer (1/2 Batzen) 1661. RR Sehr schön.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Guidobald of Thun and Hohenstein, 1654-68, two kreuzer or half batzen of 1661. Very rare, very 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 1654-67 and has a very low catalog value. In the mid seventeenth century, one thaler was 72 kreuzer, making this coin 1/36 thaler. 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. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 26 April 2023
This specimen was lot 2886 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €240 (about US$310 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Guidobald von Thun und Hohenstein, 1654-1668. 2 Kreuzer (1/2 Batzen) 1661. RR Sehr schön. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Guidobald of Thun and Hohenstein, 1654-68, two kreuzer or half batzen of 1661. Very rare, very fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1654-67 and has a very low catalog value. In the mid seventeenth century, one thaler was 72 kreuzer, making this coin 1/36 thaler. 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, this specimen 1.04 g.
Catalog reference: KM 158, Probszt 1508; Zöttl 1830.
- Craig, William D., 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.
- [1]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.
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