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| − | This specimen was lot 2931 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €320 (about US$414 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. Reichstaler 1675. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, thaler of 1675. 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 1668-77, 1680, 1685-86 and is common. 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 2931 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €320 (about US$414 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. Reichstaler 1675. Feine Patina, vorzüglich.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, thaler of 1675. 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 1668-77, 1680, 1685-86 and is common. 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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Revision as of 16:20, 26 April 2023
This specimen was lot 2931 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €320 (about US$414 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Max Gandolph von Küenburg, 1668-1687. Reichstaler 1675. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Max Gandolph of Küenburg, 1668-87, thaler of 1675. 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 1668-77, 1680, 1685-86 and is common. 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 28.95 g.
Catalog reference: KM 190, Dav-3508; Probszt 1659; Zöttl 1999.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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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