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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. |
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| + | * [[Salzburg 1625 2 kreuzer|1625 2 kreuzer (half batzen)]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1660 kreuzer KM-159|1660 kreuzer]] | * [[Salzburg 1660 kreuzer KM-159|1660 kreuzer]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1660 1/4 ducat Fr-777|1660 quarter ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1660 1/4 ducat Fr-777|1660 quarter ducat]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1661 1/6 thaler KM-160|1661 klippe 1/6 thaler]] | * [[Salzburg 1661 1/6 thaler KM-160|1661 klippe 1/6 thaler]] | ||
| + | * [[Salzburg 1661 thaler Dav-3505|1661 thaler]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1661 ducat Fr-774|1661 ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1661 ducat Fr-774|1661 ducat]] | ||
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* [[Salzburg 1662 1/4 ducat Fr-777|1662 quarter ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1662 1/4 ducat Fr-777|1662 quarter ducat]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1662 2 ducats Fr-773|1662 double ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1662 2 ducats Fr-773|1662 double ducat]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:37, 16 September 2025
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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