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This specimen was lot 1544 in Sincona sale 76 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 4,250 CHF (about US$5,159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Salzburg, Erzbistum. Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein, 1745-1747. Dukat 1746, Salzburg. Mit der Signatur MK (Franz Matzenkopf, Münzmeister in Salzburg, ca. 1727-1754). Sehr selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. NGC MS61.'' ([[Austria, Salzburg|archbishopric of Salzburg]], Jacob Ernest of Liechtenstein, 1745-47, thaler of 1746, Salzburg mint, with mintmaster's initials "FMK".Very rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This ducat of 1746-47 was accompanied by another ducat featuring the figure of St. Rupert (KM 347).
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This specimen was lot 1544 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 4,250 CHF (about US$5,159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Salzburg, Erzbistum. Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein, 1745-1747. Dukat 1746, Salzburg. Mit der Signatur MK (Franz Matzenkopf, Münzmeister in Salzburg, ca. 1727-1754). Sehr selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. NGC MS61.'' ([[Austria, Salzburg|archbishopric of Salzburg]], Jacob Ernest of Liechtenstein, 1745-47, thaler of 1746, Salzburg mint, with mintmaster's initials "FMK".Very rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This ducat of 1746-47 was accompanied by another ducat featuring the figure of St. Rupert (KM 347).
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 08:27, 11 June 2025

Sincona sale 76, lot 1544

This specimen was lot 1544 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 4,250 CHF (about US$5,159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Salzburg, Erzbistum. Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein, 1745-1747. Dukat 1746, Salzburg. Mit der Signatur MK (Franz Matzenkopf, Münzmeister in Salzburg, ca. 1727-1754). Sehr selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. NGC MS61. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Jacob Ernest of Liechtenstein, 1745-47, thaler of 1746, Salzburg mint, with mintmaster's initials "FMK".Very rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"

This ducat of 1746-47 was accompanied by another ducat featuring the figure of St. Rupert (KM 347).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 349, Zöttl 2807, Probst 2190, Fr-852.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • 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 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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