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| − | This specimen was lot 2693 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,098 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612. 2 Dukaten 1592, mit Titel Rudolfs II. GOLD. Henkelspur, Felder bearbeitet, sehr schön.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612, double ducat of 1592, struck in the name of Rudolf II. Mount mark, tooling in the fields, very fine.)"</blockquote> The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type is listed for 1587-97. The obverse shows St. | + | This specimen was lot 2693 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,098 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612. 2 Dukaten 1592, mit Titel Rudolfs II. GOLD. Henkelspur, Felder bearbeitet, sehr schön.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612, double ducat of 1592, struck in the name of Rudolf II. Mount mark, tooling in the fields, very fine.)"</blockquote> The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type is listed for 1587-97. The obverse shows St. Rupert above the arms and the imperial eagle on the reverse. 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. |
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* [[Salzburg 1590-SR 2 ducat Fr-689|1590-SR double ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1590-SR 2 ducat Fr-689|1590-SR double ducat]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1592]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1592]] | ||
[[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]] | [[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:49, 26 May 2023
This specimen was lot 2693 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,098 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612. 2 Dukaten 1592, mit Titel Rudolfs II. GOLD. Henkelspur, Felder bearbeitet, sehr schön. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612, double ducat of 1592, struck in the name of Rudolf II. Mount mark, tooling in the fields, very fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type is listed for 1587-97. The obverse shows St. Rupert above the arms and the imperial eagle on the reverse. 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: 7.00 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,68 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-689; Probszt 757; Zöttl 893.
- 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.
- 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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