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[[Image:Salzburg S59-1993.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 59, lot 1993]] | [[Image:Salzburg S59-1993.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 59, lot 1993]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 1993 in Sincona sale 59 ( | + | This specimen was lot 1993 in Sincona sale 59 (Zürich, October 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA | Salzburg, Erzbistum, Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein, 1687-1709. 2 Kreuzer 1698, Salzburg. Prachtexemplar. FDC.'' ([[Germany]], archbishopric of [[Austria, Salzburg|Salzburg]], John Ernest of Thun and Hohenstein, 1687-1709, double kreuzer of 1698, Salzburg mint. Cabinet piece, Uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type, equal to half a batzen, was struck 1694-1709 and is common. The zweikreuzer was more common in Switzerland than in Germany, where the dreikreuzer prevailed. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 08:13, 11 June 2025
This specimen was lot 1993 in Sincona sale 59 (Zürich, October 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA | Salzburg, Erzbistum, Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein, 1687-1709. 2 Kreuzer 1698, Salzburg. Prachtexemplar. FDC. (Germany, archbishopric of Salzburg, John Ernest of Thun and Hohenstein, 1687-1709, double kreuzer of 1698, Salzburg mint. Cabinet piece, Uncirculated.)"
This type, equal to half a batzen, was struck 1694-1709 and is common. The zweikreuzer was more common in Switzerland than in Germany, where the dreikreuzer prevailed.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 280, Zöttl 2231.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 59: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2019.
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