Salzburg 1688 1/4 ducat Fr-835

Künker sale 352, lot 1696

This specimen was lot 1696 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €260 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, SALZBURG, ERZBISTUM, Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein, 1687-1709. 1/4 Dukat 1688. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (archbishopric of Salzburg, Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein, 1687-1709, quarter ducat of 1688. extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1687-88, 1699-1700, 1704-07 and is common. In addition to a wide array of gold coins ranging from a quarter ducat to ten ducats, many were issued in klippe (square) format for presentation.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.87 g.

Catalog reference: KM 255, Fr-835; Zöttl 2147.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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.
^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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Salzburg 1688 1/4 ducat Fr-835

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