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| − | This specimen was part of lot 2591 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €340 (about US$439 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Michael von Küenburg, 1554-1560. Guldiner 1557, 1559. 28,22 g und 28,53 g. Dav-8170 (2x); Probszt 420, 423; Zöttl 466 (Type 1), 468 (Type 1). 2 Stück., Fast sehr schön.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Michael of Küenburg, 1554-60, guldiners of 1557 and 1559. Two pieces, about very fine.)"</blockquote> The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type is listed for 1555-59 with a posthumous issue of 1569. 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 part of lot 2591 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €340 (about US$439 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Michael von Küenburg, 1554-1560. Guldiner 1557, 1559. 28,22 g und 28,53 g. Dav-8170 (2x); Probszt 420, 423; Zöttl 466 (Type 1), 468 (Type 1). 2 Stück., Fast sehr schön.'' (archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], Michael of Küenburg, 1554-60, guldiners of 1557 and 1559. Two pieces, about very fine.)"</blockquote> The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type is listed for 1555-59 with a posthumous issue of 1569. 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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Latest revision as of 15:28, 26 April 2023
This specimen was part of lot 2591 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €340 (about US$439 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Michael von Küenburg, 1554-1560. Guldiner 1557, 1559. 28,22 g und 28,53 g. Dav-8170 (2x); Probszt 420, 423; Zöttl 466 (Type 1), 468 (Type 1). 2 Stück., Fast sehr schön. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Michael of Küenburg, 1554-60, guldiners of 1557 and 1559. Two pieces, about very fine.)"
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. This type is listed for 1555-59 with a posthumous issue of 1569. 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 28,22 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8170; Probszt 420; Zöttl 466 (Type 1).
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- 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]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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