Salzburg 1670 thaler Dav-3508

Sincona sale 20, lot 3241

This specimen was lot 3241 in Sincona sale 20 (Zürich, October 2014), where it sold for CHF 225 (about US$282 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Taler 1670. Vorzüglich. (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 1668-86 and is common. The superseding type (Dav-3510) is very similar.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.17 g.

Catalog reference: Zöttl 1994. Probszt 1654. Dav-3508; KM-190.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, Numismatic Coins & Medals: Auction 20, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2014.

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