Salzburg 1723-G thaler Dav-1239

Sincona sale 23, lot 3117

This specimen was lot 3117 in Sincona sale 23 (Zürich, May 2015), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$503 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Salzburg, Erzbistum, Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727 Taler 1723. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Salzburg, Francis Anthony of Harrach (1709-27), thaler of 1723, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. In the seventeenth century it was blessed with a number of productive silver mines and the prince-archbishop was a prolific issuer of coins, particularly thalers. This type was struck 1723-27 and is priced about four times the thalers of Mozart's time.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.98 g.

Catalog reference: Zöttl 2417. Probszt 2006, Dav-1239; KM-320.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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]Richter, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, Numismatic Coins & Medals, Auction 23, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2015.

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