Salzburg 1668 10 ducats Fr-798

Künker sale 384, part of lot 2894

This specimen was lot 2894 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €65,000 (about US$83,993 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. Zehnfache Dukatenklippe 1668. Geschenkstück. * MAXIMIL : GANDOLPH9 D : G : ARCHIEPS : SALISBVRG : SED : AP : LEG : S : R : I : PR : Sechsfeldiges Stifts- und Familienwappen, darüber Kardinalshut mit herabhängenden Quasten, unten zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 68, umher Laubkranz//* SS : RVDBERTVS · ET · VIRGILIVS · PATRONI · SALISBVRGENSES · Die beiden Stiftsheiligen St. Rudbertus und St. Virgilius sitzen nebeneinander mit Mitra, Salzgefäß und Krummstab auf Wolken, die Köpfe einander zugewandt, davor Dommodell, umher Laubkranz. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 62 (6495150-001). GOLD. RR Feine Goldpatina, vorzüglich +. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, klippe ten ducats of 1668, presentation strike. Obverse: sixfold state and family arms, cardinal's hat with tassels above dividing the date, leafy wreath around; reverse: SS. Rupert and Virgil seated facing each other with miter, saltcellar and crozier, a model of the cathedral between them, leafy wreath around. Very rare, fine gold patina, choice extremely fine, graded NGC MS-62.)"

In die Regierungszeit des Fürsterzbischofs Max Gandolf von Kuenburg fallen ab 1675 auch die Zauberbubenprozesse, in denen jugendliche Bettler der Hexerei beschuldigt, gefoltert und exekutiert wurden. Im Folgejahr nach dem Jubiläum entsandte der Fürsterzbischof 800 Soldaten sowie weiteres Kriegsmaterial und Geldmittel zum Entsatz der von den Türken belagerten Stadt Wien. (From 1675, during the reign of Prince Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg, the witchcraft trials also commenced, in which young beggars were accused of witchcraft, tortured and executed. In the year following the anniversary, the Prince Archbishop sent 800 soldiers as well as other war material and funds to relieve the city of Vienna besieged by the Turks.)"

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type was struck in 1668 and marked the coronation of the new archbishop. A round version (KM 204) exists. It was part of a series ranging from half thaler up to 12 ducats. 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 1813.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 35 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 34,92 g.

Catalog reference: KM 205, Fr-798; Probszt 1597; Zöttl 1922 (Type 5).

Source:

• 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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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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• 1668 thaler
• (1668-87) klippe double thaler
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• 1668 quarter ducat, Max Gandolf
• 1668 half ducat, Max Gandolf
• 1668 ducat
• 1668 klippe ducat
• 1668 double ducat
• 1668 5 ducats, Max Gandolf
• 1668 6 ducats
• 1668 8 ducats, Max Gandolf
• 1668 10 ducats, Max Gandolf
• 1669 klippe 1/9 thaler
• 1669 klippe 1/6 thaler
• 1669 quarter thaler
• 1669 quarter ducat
• 1687 10 ducats, Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein
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