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This specimen was lot 3176 in Sincona sale 33 (Zurich, October 2016), where it sold for 180 CHF (about US$214 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Salzburg, Erzbistum. Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727 Vierteldukat 1719. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], archbishopric of Salzburg, Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727, quarter ducat of 1719. Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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 [[Salzburg 1709 1/4 ducat Fr-846|1709]], 1712-19 and 1725.  
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This specimen was lot 3176 in Sincona sale 33 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 180 CHF (about US$214 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Salzburg, Erzbistum. Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727 Vierteldukat 1719. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], archbishopric of Salzburg, Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727, quarter ducat of 1719. Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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 [[Salzburg 1709 1/4 ducat Fr-846|1709]], 1712-19 and 1725.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but fairly common.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but fairly common.

Latest revision as of 08:12, 11 June 2025

Sincona sale 33, lot 3176

This specimen was lot 3176 in Sincona sale 33 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 180 CHF (about US$214 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Salzburg, Erzbistum. Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727 Vierteldukat 1719. Vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Salzburg, Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727, quarter ducat of 1719. 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 1709, 1712-19 and 1725.

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.

Specification: 0.87 g, 0.986 fine gold, .027 troy oz AGW, this specimen 0.87 g.

Catalog reference: Zöttl 2383. Probszt 1988. Fr-846, KM 297.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
  • [1]Jürg Richter, Numismatic Coins & Medals, Auction 33, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

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