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| − | This specimen was lot 2937 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €170 (about US$220 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. 1/4 Reichstaler 1672. Kl. Stempelfehler, vorzüglich.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, quarter thaler of 1672. Small die cracks, extremely 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 1669, 1672, 1675 in round format. No klippe version shows in the SCWC. 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 2937 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €170 (about US$220 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. 1/4 Reichstaler 1672. Kl. Stempelfehler, vorzüglich.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, quarter thaler of 1672. Small die cracks, extremely 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 1669, 1672, 1675 in round format. No klippe version shows in the SCWC. 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 1672 ducat Fr-813|1672 ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1672 ducat Fr-813|1672 ducat]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1673-MG pfenning|1673-MG pfenning]] | * [[Salzburg 1673-MG pfenning|1673-MG pfenning]] | ||
| − | * [[Salzburg 1673 1/9 thaler|1673 klippe 1/9 thaler]] | + | * [[Salzburg 1673 1/9 thaler KM-214|1673 klippe 1/9 thaler]] |
| + | * [[Salzburg 1673 1/9 thaler|1673 round 1/9 thaler]] | ||
| + | * [[Salzburg 1673 thaler Dav-3508|1673 thaler]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1673 2 ducats Fr-811|1673 double ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1673 2 ducats Fr-811|1673 double ducat]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1673 3 ducats Fr-809|1673 triple ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1673 3 ducats Fr-809|1673 triple ducat]] | ||
* [[Salzburg 1673 4 ducat Fr-808|1673 klippe quadruple ducat]] | * [[Salzburg 1673 4 ducat Fr-808|1673 klippe quadruple ducat]] | ||
| − | * [[Salzburg 1684 1/4 thaler KM- | + | * [[Salzburg 1684 1/4 thaler KM-246|1684 klippe quarter thaler]] |
* [[Coins and currency dated 1672]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1672]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]] | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:46, 1 October 2025
This specimen was lot 2937 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €170 (about US$220 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. 1/4 Reichstaler 1672. Kl. Stempelfehler, vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, quarter thaler of 1672. Small die cracks, extremely fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck 1669, 1672, 1675 in round format. No klippe version shows in the SCWC. 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, this specimen 7.10 g.
Catalog reference: KM 216, Probszt 1667; Zöttl 2009 (Type 1).
- 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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