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| − | This specimen was lot 2879 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. Reichstaler 1663. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Guidobald of Thun and Hohenstein, 1654-68, thaler of 1663. Fine patina, 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 1654-68 without interruption. 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. This one is among the most common. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to [[Austria]] in | + | This specimen was lot 2879 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. Reichstaler 1663. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Guidobald of Thun and Hohenstein, 1654-68, thaler of 1663. Fine patina, 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 1654-68 without interruption. 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. This one is among the most common. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to [[Austria]] in 1814. |
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Revision as of 15:56, 26 April 2023
This specimen was lot 2879 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. Reichstaler 1663. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Guidobald of Thun and Hohenstein, 1654-68, thaler of 1663. Fine patina, 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 1654-68 without interruption. 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. This one is among the most common. The archbishopric was secularized in 1803 and passed to Austria in 1814.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 162, Dav-3505; Probszt 1480; Zöttl 1801.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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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