Salzburg 1721 ducat Fr-844
This specimen was lot 3013 in Künker sale 384 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,843 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Franz Anton von Harrach, 1709-1727. Dukat 1721. GOLD. R Vorzüglich +. Erworben im März 1985 von der Partin Bank, Bad Mergentheim. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Francis Anthony of Harrach, 1709-27, ducat of 1721. Rare, choice 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 1709-26 and is slightly more available than the ducat with the archbishop's bust (Fr-842). 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 1813.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 299, Fr-844; Probszt 1960; Zöttl 2352 (Type 2).
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- [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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