Salzburg 1770 5 kreuzer

Künker sale 335, lot 4839

This specimen was lot 4839 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €280 (about US$367 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, Sigismund III. von Schrattenbach, 1753-1771. 5 Kreuzer 1770. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, archbishopric of Salzburg, Sigismund III of Schrattenbach, 1753-71, five kreuzer of 1770. Cabinet piece, About uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1766, 1770-71. The five kreuzer, one twelfth of a gulden or 1/24 thaler, was struck fairly steadily after 1766. many types exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 1.96 g.

Catalog reference: KM 413, Probszt 2348.

Source:

• Craig, William D., 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.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

Link to:

• 1763-S pfennig
• 1766 5 kreuzer
• 1769 ducat
• 1769 double ducat
• 1770 thaler
• 1770 quarter ducat
• 1770 ducat
• 1770 double ducat
• 1771 pfenning
• 1771 half thaler
• 1771-FM thaler
• 1771 ducat
• 1771 double ducat
• 1788 5 kreuzer
• Coins and currency dated 1770